Genesis 35:7
5 And 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.
6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him.
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.
8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.
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 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.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 28:13
And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
Read in contextGenesis 35:1
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Read in contextGenesis 35:3
And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
Read in contextEzekiel 48:35
It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
Read in contextGenesis 28:19
And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 5:4–5
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Read in contextGenesis 28:22
And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Read in contextJudges 6:24
Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
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