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Genesis 35:7

There he built an altar,g and he called the place El Bethel,a h because it was there that God revealed himself to himi when he was fleeing from his brother.j

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Genesis 35:7 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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.

Genesis 35:7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Genesis 35:7 — New Living Translation (NLT)

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.

Genesis 35:7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And he built an altar there and called the place El Bethel, because there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

Genesis 35:7 — New Century Version (NCV)

There Jacob built an altar and named the place Bethel, after God, because God had appeared to him there when he was running from his brother.

Genesis 35:7 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Genesis 35:7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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.

Genesis 35:7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

He built an altar there and called that place El Bethel [God of the House of God]. That’s where God had revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his brother.

Genesis 35:7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Jacob built an altar there and called the place God of Bethel because it was there that God had revealed Himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

Genesis 35:7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

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

Genesis 35:7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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.

Genesis 35:7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Jacob built an altar at Luz. He named the place El Bethel. There God made himself known to Jacob when he was running away from his brother.

Genesis 35:7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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


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