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Genesis 35:7

What does Genesis 35:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 35:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And 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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because thereGod had appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

Context

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

v.7This passage

v.8And Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 35:3

    and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; 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.

  • Judges 6:24

    Then Gideon built an altar there unto Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:4

    When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.

  • Ezekiel 48:35

    It shall be eighteen thousand reeds round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Jehovah is there.

  • Genesis 28:13

    And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the 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;

  • Genesis 28:19

    And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

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