Chuàngshìjì 35:7

7 Tā zaì nàli zhù le yī zuò tán , jiù gĕi nà dìfang qǐmíng jiào Yīlèbótèlì ( jiù shì Bótèlì zhī shén de yìsi ) , yīnwei tā taóbì tā gēge de shíhou , shén zaì nàli xiàng tā xiǎnxiàn .

Chuàngshìjì 35:7 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 35:7

And he built there an altar
As he was bid to do, and as he promised he would, ( Genesis 35:1 Genesis 35:3 ) ; and called the place Elbethel;
the God of Bethel; a title which God takes to himself, ( Genesis 31:13 ) ; or rather the sense is, that he called the place with respect God, or because of his appearance to him there, Bethel, confirming the name he had before given it, ( Genesis 36:19 ) ; see ( Genesis 35:15 ) ; as the following reason shows: because there God appeared;
or the divine Persons, for both words are plural that are used; the Targum of Jonathan has it, the angels of God, and so Aben Ezra interprets it; but here, no doubt, the divine Being is meant, who appeared unto him;
to Jacob in this place, as he went to Mesopotamia, and comforted and encouraged him with many promises; when he fled from the face of his brother;
his brother Esau, who was wroth with him, and sought to take away his life, and therefore was forced to flee for it.

Chuàngshìjì 35:7 In-Context

5 Tāmen biàn qǐ xíng qián wàng . shén shǐ nà zhōuwéi chéngyì de rén dōu shén jīng jù , jiù bù zhuīgǎn Yǎgè de zhòng zǐ le .

6 Yúshì Yǎgè hé yīqiè yǔ tā tóng zaì de rén dào le Jiānán dì de Lùsī , jiù shì Bótèlì .

7 Tā zaì nàli zhù le yī zuò tán , jiù gĕi nà dìfang qǐmíng jiào Yīlèbótèlì ( jiù shì Bótèlì zhī shén de yìsi ) , yīnwei tā taóbì tā gēge de shíhou , shén zaì nàli xiàng tā xiǎnxiàn .

8 Lìbǎijiā de nǎi mǔ Dǐbōlā sǐ le , jiù zàng zaì Bótèlì xiàbiān xiàngshù dǐ xià . nà kē shù míng jiào Yàlúnbāgǔ .

9 Yǎgè cóng Bādànyàlán huí lái , shén yòu xiàng tā xiǎnxiàn , cì fú yǔ tā ,