Genesis 35:7

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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.

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KJV

King James Version

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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WEB

World English Bible

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.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 35

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.

⁷ 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-bacuth.

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

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