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.


In Context

4 And they give unto Jacob all the gods of the stranger that are in their hand, and the rings that are in their ears, and Jacob hideth them under the oak which is by Shechem;

5 and they journey, and the terror of God is on the cities which are round about them, and they have not pursued after the sons of Jacob.

6 And Jacob cometh in to Luz which is in the land of Canaan (it is Bethel), he and all the people who are with him,

7 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.

8 And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, dieth, and she is buried at the lower part of Bethel, under the oak, and he calleth its name 'Oak of weeping.'

9 And God appeareth unto Jacob again, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and blesseth 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 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 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.