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but the name of that city had been Luz previously.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he named that place Bethel; but previously the name of the city had been Luz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He called the name of that place Bethel; however, previously the name of the city had been Luz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he called the name of that place Bethel; however, previously the name of the city had been Luz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And he called the name of that place Bethel; however, previously the name of the city had been Luz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He named that place Bethel (the house of God); the previous name of that city was Luz (Almond Tree).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and named the place Bethel, though previously the city was named Luz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and named the place Bethel, though previously the city was named Luz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and he named the place Bethel. Before that it had been named Luz. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He named that place Bethel [House of God]. Previously, the name of the city was Luz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He named the place Bethel. (The town there was once known as Luz.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />and named the place Beth-el, although previously the city had been named Luz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He called the name of that place Bethel, though previously the city was named Luz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and he calls the name of that place Bethel, [house of God,] and yet, Luz [is] the name of the city at the first.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, house of God, and yet, Luz is the name of the city at the first.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will call the name of that place the house of God: and Ailam Luz the name of the city at the beginning.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he called the name of the city Bethel, which before was called Luza. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he called the name of the city, ‘Bethel,’ which before was called Luz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He named that place Bethel, whereas the former name of the town had been Luz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He called that place Bethel; but the name of the city was Luz at the first.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then Jacob called the name of that place Beth-el (the house of God); but at the first the name of that place was called Luz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Yaquuv called the name of that place Bayth Eil, however, Luz was the name of that region from the first.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he called the name of that place Beth-el, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he called the name of that place, the House of God; and the name of the city before was Ulam-luz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/28-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=6888" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/28.htm">The Stone of Bethel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18</span>Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it, <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: way·yiq·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">and he called</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šêm- (N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: ham·mā·qō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">place</a> <a href="/hebrew/1008.htm" title="1008: bêṯ- (Prep) -- From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1008.htm" title="1008: ’êl (N-proper-fs) -- From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine.">Bethel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/199.htm" title="199: wə·’ū·lām (Conj) -- But, but indeed. Apparently a variation of 'uwlay; however or on the contrary.">though</a> <a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: lā·ri·šō·nāh (Prep-l, Art:: Adj-fs) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">previously</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">the city</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šêm- (N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">had been named</a> <a href="/hebrew/3870.htm" title="3870: lūz (N-proper-fs) -- Earlier name of Bethel, also a Hittite city. Probably from luwz; Luz, the name of two places in Palestine.">Luz.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-6.htm">Genesis 35:6-7</a></span><br />So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan. / There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-8.htm">Genesis 12:8</a></span><br />From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/13-3.htm">Genesis 13:3-4</a></span><br />From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched, / to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-13.htm">Genesis 31:13</a></span><br />I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up, leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-1.htm">Genesis 35:1</a></span><br />Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/20-18.htm">Judges 20:18</a></span><br />The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/20-26.htm">Judges 20:26-28</a></span><br />Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD. / And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there, / and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/7-16.htm">1 Samuel 7:16</a></span><br />Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/10-3.htm">1 Samuel 10:3</a></span><br />Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/12-4.htm">Hosea 12:4</a></span><br />Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-51.htm">John 1:51</a></span><br />Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-5.htm">John 4:5-6</a></span><br />So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. / Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm">Matthew 3:9</a></span><br />And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-20.htm">Matthew 8:20</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/16-18.htm">Matthew 16:18</a></span><br />And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.</p><p class="hdg">the name.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/12-8.htm">Genesis 12:8</a></b></br> And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, <i>having</i> Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/35-1.htm">Genesis 35:1</a></b></br> And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/48-3.htm">Genesis 48:3</a></b></br> And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,</p><p class="hdg">Beth-el.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/13-3.htm">Bethel</a> <a href="/genesis/13-3.htm">Beth-El</a> <a href="/genesis/26-33.htm">City</a> <a href="/genesis/27-19.htm">First</a> <a href="/genesis/28-17.htm">House</a> <a href="/genesis/19-2.htm">However</a> <a href="/judges/1-26.htm">Luz</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-8.htm">Previously</a> <a href="/genesis/27-44.htm">Time</a> <a href="/genesis/21-15.htm">Used</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/31-13.htm">Bethel</a> <a href="/genesis/31-13.htm">Beth-El</a> <a href="/genesis/33-18.htm">City</a> <a href="/genesis/32-17.htm">First</a> <a href="/genesis/28-21.htm">House</a> <a href="/genesis/30-37.htm">However</a> <a href="/genesis/35-6.htm">Luz</a> <a href="/genesis/31-2.htm">Previously</a> <a href="/genesis/29-7.htm">Time</a> <a href="/genesis/31-15.htm">Used</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 28</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/28-1.htm">Isaac blesses Jacob, and sends him to Padan-aram.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/28-6.htm">Esau marries Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/28-10.htm">Jacob journeys, and has a vision of a ladder.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/28-18.htm">The stone of Bethel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/28-20.htm">Jacob's vow.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This act of naming signifies a transformation of the place into a sacred site. Bethel becomes a significant location in Israel's history, often associated with worship and divine revelation. It is here that Jacob acknowledges God's presence and the covenant promises made to his forefathers. Bethel later becomes a central place of worship for the Israelites, as seen in <a href="/1_samuel/10-3.htm">1 Samuel 10:3</a> and <a href="/1_kings/12-29.htm">1 Kings 12:29</a>, where it is mentioned as a site of one of the golden calves set up by Jeroboam, indicating its continued religious significance.<p><b>though previously the city had been named Luz</b><br>Luz, the original name of the city, suggests a place that was known before Jacob's renaming. The renaming signifies a shift from a secular to a sacred identity, marking the location as a place of divine encounter. Luz is mentioned again in <a href="/judges/1-23.htm">Judges 1:23-26</a>, where the city is captured by the tribe of Joseph, indicating its strategic importance. The transformation from Luz to Bethel reflects a broader biblical theme of God transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary, paralleling the transformation of individuals who encounter God. This renaming also prefigures the transformative work of Christ, who redefines and redeems places and people for God's purposes.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>The grandson of Abraham, son of Isaac and Rebekah, who is on a journey to find a wife from his mother's family. He is the central figure in this passage, experiencing a significant spiritual encounter.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/bethel.htm">Bethel</a></b><br>Originally named Luz, this location becomes significant as the place where Jacob dreams of a ladder reaching to heaven and receives God's promises. The name "Bethel" means "House of God" in Hebrew, indicating its spiritual importance.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/luz.htm">Luz</a></b><br>The original name of the city before Jacob renames it Bethel. It represents the transformation of a place into a site of divine encounter and promise.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_dream.htm">The Dream</a></b><br>Jacob's dream of a ladder with angels ascending and descending, which signifies God's presence and the connection between heaven and earth.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_promise.htm">God's Promise</a></b><br>In the dream, God reiterates the covenant promises made to Abraham and Isaac, assuring Jacob of His presence, protection, and the future inheritance of the land.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_naming.htm">The Significance of Naming</a></b><br>Naming a place or event can signify a transformation or a new understanding of God's presence. Jacob's renaming of Luz to Bethel marks a spiritual milestone.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>The promises given to Jacob at Bethel remind us of God's unwavering faithfulness to His covenant, encouraging us to trust in His promises for our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/encountering_god_in_unexpected_places.htm">Encountering God in Unexpected Places</a></b><br>Jacob's experience teaches us that God can reveal Himself in unexpected places and moments, urging us to remain open to His presence in our daily lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_remembrance.htm">The Importance of Remembrance</a></b><br>By naming the place Bethel, Jacob creates a lasting reminder of God's encounter and promises, highlighting the importance of remembering and commemorating God's work in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/transformation_through_divine_encounter.htm">Transformation through Divine Encounter</a></b><br>Just as Luz was transformed into Bethel, our lives can be transformed through encounters with God, leading to new purposes and directions.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 28</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_bethel's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What is Bethel's significance in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_aleppo_codex.htm">What is Bethel's significance in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_bethel's_divine_role_verified.htm">Is there any external verification that Bethel was so central or divinely significant as described (Genesis 28)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_'chidon'_in_chronicles,_'nachon'_in_samuel.htm">(1 Chronicles 13:9 vs. 2 Samuel 6:6) Why does Chronicles call the threshing floor “Chidon,” while Samuel labels it “Nachon,” and which is correct? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">Beth-el </span>. . . <span class= "bld">Luz.</span>--In <a href="/context/joshua/16-1.htm" title="And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, to the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,">Joshua 16:1-2</a>, we find that Luz and Beth-el were distinct places, though near one another; and with this agrees the present passage. For plainly, Jacob and his attendants did not go inside the city, but slept on the open ground; and as they would carry their provisions with them, they would need no supplies from its Canaanite inhabitants. Probably at the time of Joshua's conquest Beth-el was rather a holy place than a town, and when Ephraim seized upon Luz and put the people to the sword (<a href="/context/judges/1-23.htm" title="And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)">Judges 1:23-25</a>), the victors transferred the name of Beth-el to it. Thus the spot where Jacob slept would not be the town of Beth-el, but some place a mile or two away from it.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And he called the name of that place Bethel</span> - i.e. a house of God. Rosenmüller and Kalisch find a connection between Bethel and Baetylia, the former regarding Beetylia as a corruption of Bethel, and the latter viewing Bethel as the Hebraised form of Beetylion. Keil objects to both that the interchange of <span class="greek">τ</span> in <span class="greek">βαιτύλιον</span>, and <span class="greek">Θ</span> in <span class="greek">βαιθήλ</span>), would be perfectly inexplicable. On the site of Bethel (Beitin) <span class="accented">vide</span> <a href="/genesis/12-8.htm">Genesis 12:8</a>. <span class="cmt_word">But the name of that city was called Luz at the first.</span> Originally the Canaanitish town, built according to Calvin after this event, was called Luz, or "almond tree," a name it continued to bear until the conquest (<a href="/judges/1-23.htm">Judges 1:23</a>). From the circumstances recorded in the narrative, Jacob called the spot where he slept (in the vicinity of Luz) Bethel - the designation afterwards extending to the town (<a href="/genesis/35-6.htm">Genesis 35:6</a>). Until the conquest both titles appear to have been used - Luz by the Canaanites, Bethel by the Israelites. When the conquest was completed the Hebrew name was substituted for the Hittite, the sole survivor of the captured city building another Luz in another part of the country (<span class="accented">vide</span> <a href="/judges/1-26.htm">Judges 1:26</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/28-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">and he called</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקְרָ֛א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·rā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַה֖וּא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">place</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמָּק֥וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mā·qō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Bethel,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1008.htm">Strong's 1008: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">though</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאוּלָ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ū·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_199.htm">Strong's 199: </a> </span><span class="str2">However, on the contrary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">previously</span><br /><span class="heb">לָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ri·šō·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> </span><span class="str2">First, in place, time, rank</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the city</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעִ֖יר</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had been named</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׁם־</span> <span class="translit">(šêm-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Luz.</span><br /><span class="heb">ל֥וּז</span> <span class="translit">(lūz)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3870.htm">Strong's 3870: </a> </span><span class="str2">Luz -- earlier name of Bethel, also a Hittite city</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/28-19.htm">OT Law: Genesis 28:19 He called the name of that place (Gen. 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