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Genesis 35:7

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7 Und er baute daselbst einen Altar und nannte den Ort El-Bethel: denn Gott hatte sich ihm daselbst geoffenbart, als er vor seinem Bruder floh.

Genesis 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.

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Genesis 35:7 In-Context

5 Und sie brachen auf. Und der Schrecken Gottes kam über die Städte, die rings um sie her waren, so daß sie den Söhnen Jakobs nicht nachjagten.
6 Und Jakob kam nach Lus, welches im Lande Kanaan liegt, das ist Bethel, er und alles Volk, das bei ihm war.
7 Und er baute daselbst einen Altar und nannte den Ort El-Bethel: denn Gott hatte sich ihm daselbst geoffenbart, als er vor seinem Bruder floh.
8 Und Debora, die Amme Rebekkas, starb, und sie wurde begraben unterhalb Bethel unter der Eiche; und man gab ihr den Namen Allon Bakuth.
9 Und Gott erschien dem Jakob wiederum, als er aus Paddan-Aram kam, und segnete ihn.
The Elberfelder Bible is in the public domain.

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