Bible Strands
Genesis 13:4
to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes Abram’s return journey from the Negev to the location between Bethel and Ai where his tent had previously stood.
The words — מְקוֹם (me.kOm) = place and בָּ/רִאשֹׁנָ֑ה (ba./ri.sho.Nah) = formerly specify the exact geographic and temporal reference point of the return.
The thread — The text notes a prior altar construction at Genesis 12:7, while the phrase “called on the name of the LORD” parallels the call-and-response pattern in Jeremiah 29:12 and Isaiah 58:9.
Why it lands — The passage records a deliberate return to a former worship site to invoke the divine name, requiring the reader to note the explicit text without adding unrecorded ritual details.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 29:12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- Genesis 12:7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
- Isaiah 58:9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
- Ephesians 6:18 Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
- Psalms 65:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. Praise awaits You, O God, in Zion; to You our vows will be fulfilled.
- Psalms 116:2 Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.
- Zephaniah 3:9 For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
- Psalms 42:1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
- Psalms 84:10 For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- Psalms 107:1 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.