Genesis 12:8
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, having Beth–el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.”
יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
שָׁם
there
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שָׁם
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
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בֵּית־אֵל
-el
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בֵּית־אֵל
Beth-El, a place in Palestine
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מִזְבֵּחַ
an altar
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מִזְבֵּחַ
an altar
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