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.
The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the Lord.
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.
To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
to the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the name of the Lord.
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.
He has come to Aiath; he has passed through Migron; at Michmash he stores his baggage;
Then I called on the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. They left the city open and pursued Israel.
So Joshua and all the fighting men arose to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out by night.
Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” And the men went up and spied out Ai.
So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel. Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor.
Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.”
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