Genesis 35:7
There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
Note El-bethel means God of Bethel.
And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Note El-beth-el: that is, The God of Beth-el
He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- built
- Genesis 35:1, 3; Ecclesiastes 5:4, 5
- El-beth-el
- i.e., the god of Beth-el.
- Genesis 28:13, 19, 22; Exodus 17:15; Judges 6:24; Ezekiel 48:35