Gen 12:8, 35:1, 48:3, Judg 1:22-26, 1Ki 12:29, Hos 4:15, 12:4-5 | ESV | STEP | From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent , with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east . And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord .

Genesis 12:8

8 From there he moved to the hill country on the east of ^aBethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.

Genesis 35:1

God Blesses and Renames Jacob

1 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to ^bBethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you ^cwhen you fled from your brother Esau.”

Genesis 48:3

3 And Jacob said to Joseph, ^d“God Almighty ^{▼▼Hebrew El Shaddai} appeared to me at ^fLuz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,

Judges 1:22-26

22 The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, ^gand the Lord was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph scouted out Bethel. ( ^hNow the name of the city was formerly Luz.) 24 And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the way into the city, ⁱand we will deal kindly with you.” 25 And he showed them the way into the city. And they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go. 26 And the man went to ^jthe land of the Hittites and built a city and called its name Luz. That is its name to this day.

1 Kings 12:29

29 And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

Hosea 4:15

15 Though you play the whore, O ^kIsrael,
let not ^lJudah become guilty.
^mEnter not into ⁿGilgal,
nor go up to ^oBeth-aven,
and swear not, “As the Lord lives.”

Hosea 12:4-5

4 He strove with the angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought his favor.
^pHe met God ^{▼▼Hebrew him} at Bethel,
and there God spoke with us—
5 the Lord, the God of hosts,
^rthe Lord is his memorial name: