Genesis 35:7
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There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel,a because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
Read Genesis 35:7 Using Other Translations
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.
and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.
Jacob built an altar there and named the place El-bethel (which means “God of Bethel”), because God had appeared to him there when he was fleeing from his brother, Esau.
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