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Genesis 35:7

El-bethel
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5 As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

6 So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

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.

8 Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.

9 After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
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
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And he built there an altar and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from the face of his brother.
ÅB
Og han bygget der et alter og kalte stedet El-Betel[^1]; for der hadde Gud åpenbart seg for ham da han flyktet for sin bror.
OTB
Han bygde et alter der og kalte stedet El-Betel, fordi det var der Gud hadde åpenbart seg for ham da han flyktet fra sin bror.
B1930
Og han bygget der et alter og kalte stedet El-Betel; for der hadde Gud åpenbaret sig for ham da han flyktet for sin bror. / < d.e. Betels Gud.>

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Cross references

  • Genesis 28:13

    And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.

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  • Genesis 35:1

    Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

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  • Genesis 35:3

    Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

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  • Ezekiel 48:35

    The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”

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  • Genesis 28:19

    and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.

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  • Ecclesiastes 5:4–5

    When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.

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  • Genesis 28:22

    And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”

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  • Judges 6:24

    So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

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