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Genesis 28:19

Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, c. 1512 · Sistine Chapel · Public domainMichelangelo, The Creation of Adam, c. 1512, Sistine Chapel

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Genesis 28:19 (WEB)

He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

Catechism · 1

  • §2573Article 1 · In the Old TestamentRead at vatican.va

    “God renews his promise to Jacob, the ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 28:10-22.

Fathers and councils · 2

Justin Martyr

  • “And Jacob rose up in the morning, and took the stone which he had placed under his head, and he set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it; and Jacob called the name of the place The House of God, and the name of the city formerly was Ulammaus.’ ”” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 10–19. [Οὐλαμλοὺζ. Sept. Luz Eng.]

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Augustine of Hippo

Cross-references · 1

  • Genesis 28:19 and Judges 18:29 share the same wording (10 words).

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