Genesis 35:7
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about 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 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.
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 unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.
Genesis 35:7 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.