Genesis 35 · Verse 7

Genesis 35:7

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.
Genesis 35:7, King James Version

Genesis 35:7 in other translations

BSBThere 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.
WEBHe 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTand 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.
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Genesis 35:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. El-Beth-el--that is, "the God of Beth-el."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 El-beth-el - אל בית אל the strong God, the house of the strong God. But the first אל el is wanting in one of De Rossi's MSS., as it is also in the Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, and some copies of the Arabic. The sentence reads much better without it, and much more consistent with the parallel passages.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 35:6-15

The comfort the saints have in holy ordinances, is not so much from Beth-el, the house of God, as from El-beth-el, the God of the house. The ordinances are empty things, if we do not meet with God in them. There Jacob buried Deborah, Rebekah's nurse. She died much lamented. Old servants in a family, that have in their time been faithful and useful, ought to be respected. God appeared to Jacob. He renewed the…

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Genesis 35:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּ֤בֶןvai.Yi.venand he builtH1129
שָׁם֙shamthereH8033
מִזְבֵּ֔חַmiz.Be.achan altarH4196
וַיִּקְרָא֙vai.yik.Ra'and he calledH7121
לַמָּק֔וֹםla.ma.Kom<to> the placeH4725
אֵ֖ל'elElH416
בֵּֽית\־beit-Beth-H416
אֵ֑ל'El-elH416
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
שָׁ֗םShamthereH8033
נִגְל֤וּnig.Luthey had revealed themselvesH1540
אֵלָיו֙'e.Lavto himH413
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
בְּבָרְח֖וֹbe.va.re.Chowhen fled heH1272
מִפְּנֵ֥יmi.pe.Neifrom beforeH6440
אָחִֽיו\׃'a.Chivbrother hisH251

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 35:7

  • Genesis 28:13

    And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord 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 35:1

    And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth–el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 48:35

    It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there.

  • Genesis 28:19

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

  • Ecclesiastes 5:4-5

    When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

  • Genesis 28:22

    And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

  • Judges 6:24

    Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah–shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.

  • Exodus 17:15

    And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it JEHOVAH–nissi:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
built.
1,3; Ec 5:4,5
El-beth-el. i.e., the god of Beth-el.
28:13,19,22; Ex 17:15; Jud 6:24; Eze 48:35

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Context

  • Genesis 35:6

    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.

  • Genesis 35:7

    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.

  • Genesis 35:8

    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.

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Genesis 35:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y edificó allí un altar, y llamó al lugar El-Beth-el, porque allí le había aparecido Dios, cuando huía de su hermano.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et il bâtit là un autel, et il appela le lieu El-Béthel; car c’est là que Dieu s’était révélé à lui comme il s’enfuyait de devant la face de son frère.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er baute daselbst einen Altar und nannte den Ort El-Bethel: denn Gott hatte sich ihm daselbst geoffenbart, als er vor seinem Bruder floh.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ædificavitque ibi altare, et appellavit nomen loci illius, Domus Dei: ibi enim apparuit ei Deus cum fugeret fratrem suum.