It had been called Luz, an almond-tree, but he will have it henceforward called Beth-el, the house of God. This gracious appearance of God to him made it more remarkable than all the almond-trees that flourished there.
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Genesis 28:19
19 And he called the name of that place Bethel:e but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.