Genesis 35:7

Overview - Genesis 35
God commands Jacob to go to Bethel.
He purges his house of idols.
He builds an altar at Bethel.
Deborah dies at Allon-bachuth.
God blesses Jacob at Bethel.
16 Rachel travails of Benjamin, and dies in the way to Edar.
22 Reuben lies with Bilhah.
23 The sons of Jacob.
27 Jacob comes to Isaac at Hebron.
28 The age, death, and burial of Isaac.
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Genesis 35:7  (King James Version)
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.
 


built
Genesis 35:1 Genesis 35:3 ; Ecclesiastes 5:4 Ecclesiastes 5:5

El-beth-el
i.e., the god of Beth-el.
Genesis 28:13 Genesis 28:19 Genesis 28:22 Exodus 17:15 ; Judges 6:24 ; Ezekiel 48:35