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Genesis 35:7

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He built an altar there and named it El-Bethel (God-of-Bethel) because that’s where God revealed himself to him when he was running from his brother.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

There 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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Jacob built an altar there and called the place El-bethel because it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

NLTNew Living Translation

Jacob built an altar there and named the place El-bethel (which means “God of Bethel”), because God had appeared to him there when he was fleeing from his brother, Esau.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he built an altar there and called the place El-Bethel, for there God had appeared to him when he fled before his brother.

KJV 1900King 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.