Genesis 35:7

7 and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.

Genesis 35:7 In-Context

5 As they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities all around them, so that no one pursued them.
6 Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him,
7 and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.
8 And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So it was called Allon-bacuth.
9 God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and he blessed him.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. That is [God of Bethel]
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