After that, he moved on south to the hill country east of the city of Bethel and set up his camp between Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There also he built an altar and worshiped the LORD.

God said to Jacob, "Go to Bethel at once, and live there. Build an altar there to me, the God who appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau."

Jacob said to Joseph, "Almighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to attack the city of Bethel, at that time called Luz. The LORD helped them. They sent spies to the city,

who saw a man leaving and said to him, "Show us how to get into the city, and we won't hurt you."

He later went to the land of the Hittites, built a city there, and named it Luz, which is still its name.

He placed one of the gold bull-calves in Bethel and the other in Dan.

"Even though you people of Israel are unfaithful to me, may Judah not be guilty of the same thing. Don't worship at Gilgal or Bethaven, or make promises there in the name of the living LORD.

he fought against an angel and won. He wept and asked for a blessing. And at Bethel God came to our ancestor Jacob and spoke with him.

This was the LORD God Almighty---the LORD is the name by which he is to be worshiped.