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Hosea 12:4-5
Yes, he wrestled with the angel and won. He wept and pleaded for a blessing from him. There at Bethel he met God face to face, and God spoke to him—the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, the Lord is his name!
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Genesis 48:3
Jacob said to Joseph,“ God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
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Genesis 35:1
Then God said to Jacob,“ Get ready and move to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother, Esau.”
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Judges 1:22-26
The descendants of Joseph attacked the town of Bethel, and the Lord was with them.They sent men to scout out Bethel( formerly known as Luz).They confronted a man coming out of the town and said to him,“ Show us a way into the town, and we will have mercy on you.”So he showed them a way in, and they killed everyone in the town except that man and his family.Later the man moved to the land of the Hittites, where he built a town. He named it Luz, which is its name to this day.
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1 Kings 12 29
He placed these calf idols in Bethel and in Dan— at either end of his kingdom.
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Genesis 12:8
After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built another altar and dedicated it to the Lord, and he worshiped the Lord.
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Hosea 4:15
“ Though you, Israel, are a prostitute, may Judah not be guilty of such things. Do not join the false worship at Gilgal or Beth aven, and do not take oaths there in the Lord’s name.