KJV King James Version
And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
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Genesis 35:7
And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
WEB World English Bible
He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
ASV American Standard Version
And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he buildeth there an altar, and proclaimeth at the place the God of Bethel: for there had God been revealed unto him, in his fleeing from the face of his brother.
Surrounding context — Genesis 35
4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in their hand, and [all their] earrings which [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem.
5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that [were] round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
6 So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan, that [is], Bethel, he and all the people that [were] with him.
7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
10 And God said unto him, Thy name [is] Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּ֤בֶןH1129 · ba.nahto buildשָׁם֙H8033 · shamthereמִזְבֵּ֔חַH4196 · miz.be.achaltarוַיִּקְרָא֙H7121 · qa.rato call: call toלַמָּק֔וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceאֵ֖לH416 · el bet-elEl-bethelבֵּֽית־H416 · el bet-elEl-bethelאֵ֑לH416 · el bet-elEl-bethelכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforשָׁ֗םH8033 · shamthereנִגְל֤וּH1540 · ga.lahHeglamאֵלָיו֙H413 · elto(wards)הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430 · e.lo.himGodבְּבָרְח֖וֹH1272 · ba.rachto fleeמִפְּנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeאָחִֽיו׃H251 · achbrother: male-sibling
Cross-references
Genesis 28:13And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;Genesis 35:1And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.Genesis 35:3And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.Genesis 28:22And this stone, which I have set [for] a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.Exodus 17:15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:Ecclesiastes 5:4-5When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for [he hath] no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.Ezekiel 48:35[It was] round about eighteen thousand [measures]: and the name of the city from [that] day [shall be], The LORD [is] there.Genesis 28:19And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.Judges 6:24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it [is] yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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