Genesis 12:8

Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel ¹  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. ² 

Ge 4:26; Ge 13:4; Ge 21:33; Ge 28:19; Ge 35:3,15,16; Jos 7:2; Jos 8:3; Jos 8:17; Jos 18:22; Ne 11:31; Ps 116:4; Isa 10:28; Joe 2:32; Ac 2:21; Ro 10:12-14; 1Co 1:2

¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

² 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.