Genesis 35:7

Jacob Returns to Bethel

6So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan. 7There 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.

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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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English
And 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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And he built there an altar, and called the name of that place, The house of God: for there God appeared to him when he fled from his brother.
Free Bible Version
He built an altar there and called the place El-Bethel, because that was where God had appeared to him when he was running away from his brother Esau.
Geneva Bible 1599
And he built there an altar, and had called the place, The God of Beth-el, because that God appeared vnto him there, when he fled from his brother.
King James (Authorized) 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.
One Unity Resource Bible
He built an altar there, and called the place El Beit-El [God of House of God]; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Translation for Translators
There he built an altar. He named the place El-Bethel, which means ‘God of Bethel’, because it was there that God revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his older brother Esau.
Unlocked Literal Bible
He built an altar there and called the place El Bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him, when he was fleeing from his brother.
Noah 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.
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.
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.