Gen 28:19, 35:3, 15-16, Jos 8:17, 18:22, Neh 11:31 | ESV | STEP | He called the name of that place Bethel , but the name of the city was Luz at the first .

Genesis 28:19

19 He called the name of that place ^aBethel, ^{▼▼ Bethel means the house of God} but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

Genesis 35:3

3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God ^cwho answers me in the day of my distress and ^dhas been with me wherever I have gone.”

Genesis 35:15-16

15 So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him ^eBethel.

The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac

16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance ^{▼▼Or about two hours’ distance} from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor.

Joshua 8:17

17 Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. They left the city open and pursued Israel.

Joshua 18:22

22 Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

Nehemiah 11:31

31 The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,