Genesis 35:7
He built there an altar, and named the place El-Bethel, because there God revealed himself to him, when he fled from the presence of his brother.
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Genesis 12:7The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” There Abram built an altar to the Lord who had appeared to him.
Genesis 28:10Then Jacob set out from Beersheba and went toward Haran.
Genesis 28:17And he was filled with awe and said, “This place is the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”
Genesis 28:22and this stone which I have set up as a pillar will be a house of God. And of all that you give me I will surely give a tenth to you.”
Genesis 31:13I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar of stone, where you made a vow to me. Now arise, leave this land, and return to the land where you were born.’”
Genesis 35:3Let us arise and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the journey which I was making.”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 35:7-16
Jacob's Arrival at Bethel. ( b. c. 1732.) 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. 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. 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. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.… Read the whole commentary →