Genesis 35:7
“And hee built there an Altar, and called the place El-Bethel, because there God appeared vnto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.”
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Genesis 35:7 Context
5And they iourneyed: and the terrour of God was vpon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sonnes of Iacob. 6¶ So Iacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (that is Bethel) hee and all the people that were with him. 7And hee built there an Altar, and called the place El-Bethel, because there God appeared vnto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8But Deborah Rebekahs nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel vnder an oke: and the name of it was called Allon Bachuth. 9¶ And God appeared vnto Iacob againe, when he came out of Padan Aram, and blessed him.
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And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
- King James Version
He built an altar there, and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled from his brother.
- New American Standard Version (1995)