Genesis 35:7
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.
KJV
Ædificavitque ibi altare, et appellavit nomen loci illius, Domus Dei : ibi enim apparuit ei Deus cum fugeret fratrem suum.
Vulgate
καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ θυσιαστήριον, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου Βαιθήλ· ἐκεῖ γὰρ ἐπεφάνη αὐτῷ ὁ θεὸς ἐν τῷ ἀποδιδράσκειν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἠσαὺ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יִּ֤בֶן שָׁם֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ וַ/יִּקְרָא֙ לַ/מָּק֔וֹם אֵ֖ל בֵּֽית אֵ֑ל כִּ֣י שָׁ֗ם נִגְל֤וּ אֵלָי/ו֙ הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים בְּ/בָרְח֖/וֹ מִ/פְּנֵ֥י אָחִֽי/ו
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 8:20 — And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
- Gen 28:13 — And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
- Gen 28:22 — And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
- Gen 31:13 — I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
- Gen 33:20 — And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
- Gen 35:1 — And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
- Gen 35:1 — And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
- Gen 35:3 — And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.