⁸ From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel^(A) and pitched his tent,^(B) with Bethel on the west and Ai^(C) on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.^(D)

³¹ The descendants of the Benjamites from Geba^(A) lived in Mikmash,^(B) Aija, Bethel^(C) and its settlements,

²⁶ Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.^(A)

At that time people began to call on^[a] the name of the Lord.^(B)

¹⁹ He called that place Bethel,^[a](A) though the city used to be called Luz.^(B)

³³ Abraham planted a tamarisk tree^(A) in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord,^(B) the Eternal God.^(C)

² To the church of God^(A) in Corinth,^(B) to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called^(C) to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name^(D) of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:

¹² For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile^(A)—the same Lord is Lord of all^(B) and richly blesses all who call on him, ¹³ for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord^(C) will be saved.”^[a](D)

¹⁴ How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?