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Genesis 35:7

WEB

7He 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.

KJV

7And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

BSB

7There 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.

FBV

7He built an altar there and called the place El-Bethel,[+] because that was where God had appeared to him when he was running away from his brother Esau.

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Book of Genesis Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject

Extra References

Genesis 28:13

13Behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, “I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. I will give the land you lie on to you and to your offspring.

Genesis 35:3

3Let’s arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.”

Genesis 35:1

1God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

Ecclesiastes 5:4-5

4When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow. 5It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

Exodus 17:15

15Moses built an altar, and called its name “The LORD our Banner”.

Genesis 28:22

22then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God’s house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give a tenth to you.”

Genesis 28:19

19He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

Ezekiel 48:35

35“It shall be eighteen thousand reeds in circumference; and the name of the city from that day shall be, ‘The LORD is there.’

Judges 6:24

24Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it “The LORD is Peace.”[+] To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.