7And he built there an altar, and called the name of that place, The house of God: for there God appeared to him when he fled from his brother.


In Context

4 So they gave him all the strange gods they had, and the earrings which were in their ears: and he buried them under the turpentine tree, that is behind the city of Sichem.

5 And when they were departed, the terror of God fell upon all the cities round about, and they durst not pursue after them as they went away.

6 And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, surnamed Bethel: he and all the people that were with him.

7 And he built there an altar, and called the name of that place, The house of God: for there God appeared to him when he fled from his brother.

8 At the same time Debora the nurse of Rebecca died, and was buried at the foot of Bethel under an oak: and the name of that place was called, The oak of weeping.

9 And God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him,

Genesis 35:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:7And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

35:7There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel, because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

35:7And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:7And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

35:7And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:7And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:7He 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

35:7and 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:7And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.