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.


In Context

4 And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and the ear-rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was on the cities that were round them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (that is Beth-el) he and all the people that were with him.

7 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.

8 But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el, under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.

9 And God appeared to Jacob again when he came out of Padan-aram; and 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

35:7And 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.

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 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.