¹⁹ And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.

³ And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,

⁸ And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.

¹ And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

²² And the family of Joseph went up against Beth-el, and the Lord was with them.

²³ So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)

²⁴ And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you.

²⁵ So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe.

²⁶ And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.

²⁹ And he put one in Beth-el and the other in Dan.

¹⁵ Do not you, O Israel, come into error; do not you, O Judah, come to Gilgal, or go up to Beth-aven, or take an oath, By the living Lord.

⁴ In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;

⁵ He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;