Genesis 35:7

35:7 He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel18 because there God had revealed himself19 to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

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18	sn The name El-Bethel means “God of Bethel.”
19	tn Heb “revealed themselves.” The verb נִגְלוּ (niglu), translated “revealed himself,” is plural, even though one expects the singular form with the plural of majesty. Perhaps אֱלֹהִים (’elohim) is here a numerical plural, referring both to God and the angelic beings that appeared to Jacob. See the note on the word “know” in Gen 3:5.