Génesis 35:7

Listen to Génesis 35:7
7 Erigi贸 un altar y llam贸 a ese lugar El Betel,[a] porque all铆 se le hab铆a revelado Dios cuando escapaba de su hermano Esa煤.

Génesis 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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Génesis 35:7 In-Context

5 Cuando partieron, nadie persigui贸 a la familia de Jacob, porque un terror divino se apoder贸 de las ciudades vecinas.
6 Fue as铆 como Jacob y quienes lo acompa帽aban llegaron a Luz, es decir, Betel, en la tierra de Cana谩n.
7 Erigi贸 un altar y llam贸 a ese lugar El Betel, porque all铆 se le hab铆a revelado Dios cuando escapaba de su hermano Esa煤.
8 Por esos d铆as muri贸 D茅bora, la nodriza de Rebeca, y la sepultaron a la sombra de la encina que se encuentra cerca de Betel. Por eso Jacob llam贸 a ese lugar El贸n Bacut.
9 Cuando Jacob regres贸 de Pad谩n Aram, Dios se le apareci贸 otra vez y lo bendijo

Footnotes 1

  • [a] En hebreo, "El Betel " significa "Dios de Betel" .
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