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Genesis 33:20

El-elohe-Israel
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18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.

19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.

And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
KJV
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
WEB
He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.
ASV
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-israel.
DARBY
And there he set up an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
BLB
And he erected there an altar, and he called it El-Elohe-Israel.
ÅB
Der reiste han et alter og kalte det El Elohe Israel[^3].
[^1]: hytter.
[^2]: en viss vekt sølv eller gull.
[^3]: d.e. Israels Gud er Gud.
OTB
Der satte han opp et alter og kalte det El-Elohe-Israel.
B1930
Der reiste han et alter og kalte det El Elohe Israel. / < d.e. Israels Gud er Gud.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 35:7

    And 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.

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  • Genesis 21:33

    And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

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  • Genesis 32:28

    And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

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  • Genesis 8:20

    And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

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  • Genesis 12:7–8

    And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

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  • Genesis 13:18

    Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

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