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Genesis 35:7

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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.

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Genesis 35:7 in other translations

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.

Genesis 35:7 · World English Bible

Genesis 35:7 in context

  1. 5And they journeyed: and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
  2. 6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him.
  3. 7And 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.
  4. 8And Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.
  5. 9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.