Joshua 8:17

8:17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel; ¹  they all went out after Israel. ²  They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

Genesis 12:8

12:8 Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel ³  and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped the Lord. ⁴ 

Genesis 28:19

28:19 He called that place Bethel, ⁵  although the former name of the town was Luz.

Jude 1:22

1:22 And have mercy on those who waver;

[8:17]  ¹ tc The LXX omits the words “or Bethel.”

[8:17]  ² tn Heb “who did not go out after Israel.”

[12:8]  ³ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[12:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “he called in the name of the Lord.” The expression refers to worshiping the Lord through prayer and sacrifice (see Gen 4:26; 13:4; 21:33; 26:25). See G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:116, 281.

[28:19]  ⁵ tn The name Bethel means “house of God” in Hebrew (see v. 17).