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.


In Context

4 They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

5 They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn't pursue the sons of Jacob.

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

7 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.

8 Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.

9 God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan 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 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 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.