²⁵ Isaac built an altar^(A) there and called on the name of the Lord.^(B) There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.^(C)

¹⁸ So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre^(A) at Hebron,^(B) where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.^(C)

⁷ The Lord appeared to Abram^(A) and said, “To your offspring^[a] I will give this land.^(B)”^(C) So he built an altar there to the Lord,^(D) who had appeared to him.

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

¹⁵ Moses built an altar^(A) and called^(B) it The Lord is my Banner.

Jacob Returns to Bethel

35 Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel^(A) and settle there, and build an altar^(B) there to God,^(C) who appeared to you^(D) when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”^(E)

²⁰ There he set up an altar^(A) and called it El Elohe Israel.^[a]

⁹ When they reached the place God had told him about,^(A) Abraham built an altar^(B) there and arranged the wood^(C) on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar,^(D) on top of the wood.

⁴ and where he had first built an altar.^(A) There Abram called on the name of the Lord.^(B)