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The city was originally known as Luz before Joshua renamed it Bethel.

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A:Strange things happened at Bethel. In Genesis 12:8, Abraham had pitched his tent to the east of Bethel and built an altar of stones.Later, in verse 13:3, he returned to Bethel and to the sacred stone altar. Here, the town is portrayed as already being called Bethel. It was on this occasion that Abraham and Lot decided to part company because their cattle were too numerous for the land. God told Abraham that he would make him a great nation.In chapter 28, Abraham's grandson Jacob slept in a certain place and dreamed of a ladder going up to heaven then he named that place Bethel, but before then it had been called Luz. Here, the town is portrayed as being called Luz, until Jacob chose a new name, Bethel. Jacob used a stone for a pillow and after waking put it on a pillar and poured oil on it.It has long been known that there was a West Semitic deity named Bethel, associated with the veneration of sacred stones, thus these passages point to the city being named after the god Bethel.


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Bethel was a city in the land of the Canaanites. In Genesis 12:8, Abraham had pitched his tent to the east of Bethel and built an altar. Later, in verse 13:3, he returned to Bethel and to the sacred altar. Yet in chapter 28, his grandson Jacob slept in a certain place, with a stone for a pillow and dreamed of a ladder going up to heaven, Afterwards, he put the stone on a pillar and poured oil on it, and named that place Bethel. Bethel can mean 'House of God', and this is a popular view of the origin of the name. However, this derivation does not fit well with either the Abraham narrative, since in this story the town already existed and must have been named as such by its Canaanite inhabitants, nor the Jacob narrative, as there is nothing in the dream that leads to 'House of God'. There was a West Semitic deity named Bethel, associated with the veneration of sacred stones, so the city is more likely to have been named after the god Bethel. The Jewish Encyclopedia tells us that the worship of sacred stones constituted one of the most general and ancient forms of religion; but among no other people was this worship so important as among the Semites. Sacred stones are mentioned with great frequency in the Old Testament, with at least ten of these references associated with Jacob.


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A:Strange things happened at Bethel. In Genesis 12:8, Abraham had pitched his tent to the east of Bethel and built an altar. Later, in verse 13:3, he returned to Bethel and to the sacred altar. Yet in Genesis 28:11-22, his grandson Jacob slept in a certain place and dreamed of a ladder going up to heaven, where stood the Lord, who renewed his covenant with Abraham and Isaac. Jacob used a stone for a pillow and after waking put it on a pillar and poured oil on it. Then he named that place Bethel, but before then it had been called Luz.The dream has symbolism at two levels. At the basic level, it symbolised God's renewal of his covenant. At a deeper level, it symbolised something about Israelite beliefs long before the coming of monotheism. It has long been known that there was a West Semitic deity named Bethel, associated with the veneration of sacred stones, thus the previous passages point to the city being named after the god Bethel. The Jewish Encyclopedia tells us that the worship of sacred stones constituted one of the most general and ancient forms of religion; but among no other people was this worship so important as among the Semites. Sacred stones are mentioned with great frequency in the Old Testament, with at least ten of these references associated with Jacob.


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