the name: Genesis 12:8, Genesis 35:1, Genesis 48:3; Judges 1:22-26; 1 Kings 12:29; Hosea 4:15, Hosea 12:4-5
Bethel: i.e. the house of God
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Genesis 28:19
Genesis 28:19
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