Genesis 35:7 Parallel Translations

He built an altar there and called that place El Bethel God of the House of God. That's where God had revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his brother.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

DBY:

And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God had appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

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.

WBS:

And he erected there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

WEB:

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.

YLT:

and he buildeth there an altar, and proclaimeth at the place the God of Bethel: for there had God been revealed unto him, in his fleeing from the face of his brother.

Genesis 35:7 Cross References

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Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

35:7 He built an altar - And no doubt offered sacrifice upon it, perhaps the tenth of his cattle, according to his vow, I will give the tenth unto thee. And he called the place, That is, the altar, El - beth - el, the God of Beth - el. As when he made a thankful acknowledgement of the honour God had done him in calling him Israel, he worshipped God by the name of El - elohe - israel, so now he was making a grateful recognition of God's former favour at Beth - el, he worships God by the name of El - beth - el, the God of Beth - el, because there God appeared to him.

MHC:

35:6-15 The comfort the saints have in holy ordinances, is not so much from Beth-el, the house of God, as from El-beth-el, the God of the house. The ordinances are empty things, if we do not meet with God in them. There Jacob buried Deborah, Rebekah's nurse. She died much lamented. Old servants in a family, that have in their time been faithful and useful, ought to be respected. God appeared to Jacob. He renewed the covenant with him. I am God Almighty, God all-sufficient, able to make good the promise in due time, and to support thee and provide for thee in the mean time. Two things are promised; that he should be the father of a great nation, and that he should be the master of a good land. These two promises had a spiritual signification, which Jacob had some notion of, though not so clear and distinct as we now have. Christ is the promised Seed, and heaven is the promised land; the former is the foundation, and the latter the top-stone, of all God's favours.

CONC:

Altar Appeared Beth Bethel Brother Buildeth Built El Elbethel El-bethel El-beth-el Erected Face Fled Fleeing Flight Naming Proclaimeth Revealed Vision

Altar Appeared Beth Bethel Buildeth Built El Erected Face Fled Fleeing Flight Naming Proclaimeth Revealed Vision

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