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Genesis 35:7
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.
Genesis 35:7 · Young's Literal Translation
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Genesis 35:7 in other translations
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.
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.
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.
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In context
4 And they give unto Jacob all the gods of the stranger that are in their hand, and the rings that are in their ears, and Jacob hideth them under the oak which is by Shechem;
5 and they journey, and the terror of God is on the cities which are round about them, and they have not pursued after the sons of Jacob.
6 And Jacob cometh in to Luz which is in the land of Canaan (it is Bethel), he and all the people who are with him,
7 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.
8 And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, dieth, and she is buried at the lower part of Bethel, under the oak, and he calleth its name `Oak of weeping.'
9 And God appeareth unto Jacob again, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and blesseth him;
10 and God saith to him, `Thy name is Jacob: thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel is thy name;' and He calleth his name Israel.
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