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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.
Genesis 35:7 · King James Version

In other versions

  • 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.

    ASV

  • And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

    BBE

  • And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God had appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

    DBY

  • 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.

    WEB

  • 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.

    YLT

  • 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.

    ENG

  • And he erected there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

    WBT

  • 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.

    BSB

In context

5And 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.

6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

7And 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.

8But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

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