Genesis 12:8
And he removed from there unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and 'Ai on the east; and he built there an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.
Leeser Tanakh
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In Context
9And Abram journeyed farther, still going on toward the south.
Cross References
Genesis 4:26And to Sheth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.
Genesis 13:4Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first; and Abram called there on the name of the Lord.
Genesis 26:25And he built there an altar, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched there his tent: and the servants of Isaac dug there a well.
Genesis 31:25Then Laban overtook Jacob; now Jacob had pitched his tent on the mount, and Laban with his brethren pitched on the mount of Gilead.
Genesis 35:3And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el: and I will make there an altar unto the God who answered me on the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.
Genesis 35:15And Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him, Beth-el.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 12:7-10
Abram's Devotion. ( b. c. 1921.) 6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord , who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord , and called upon the… Read the whole commentary →