Génesis 35:7

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7 y edific贸 all铆 un altar, y llam贸 el lugar El-betel, porque all铆 se le hab铆a aparecido Dios, cuando hu铆a de su hermano.

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 Y salieron, y el terror de Dios fue sobre las ciudades que hab铆a en sus alrededores, y no siguieron tras los hijos de Jacob.
6 Y lleg贸 Jacob a Luz, que est谩 en tierra de Cana谩n, (esta es Bet-el) 茅l y todo el pueblo que con 茅l estaba ;
7 y edific贸 all铆 un altar, y llam贸 el lugar El-betel, porque all铆 se le hab铆a aparecido Dios, cuando hu铆a de su hermano.
8 Entonces muri贸 D茅bora, ama de Rebeca, y fue sepultada a las ra铆ces de Bet-el, debajo de un alcornoque; y se llam贸 su nombre Al贸n-bacut.
9 Y se apareci贸 otra vez Dios a Jacob, cuando se hab铆a vuelto de Padan-aram, y le bendijo.
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