Genesis 33:20
וַיַּצֶּב ־ שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ וַיִּקְרָא ־ לוֹ אֵל אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃ ס
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
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Cross References
Genesis 12:7וַיֵּרָא יְהוָה אֶל ־ אַבְרָם וַיֹּאמֶר לְזַרְעֲךָ אֶתֵּן אֶת ־ הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת וַיִּבֶן שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לַיהוָה הַנִּרְאֶה אֵלָֽיו ׃
Genesis 13:18וַיֶּאֱהַל אַבְרָם וַיָּבֹא וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא אֲשֶׁר בְּחֶבְרוֹן וַיִּֽבֶן ־ שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לַֽיהוָֽה ׃ פ
Genesis 32:28וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו מַה ־ שְּׁמֶךָ וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹֽב ׃
1 Chronicles 29:10וַיְבָרֶךְ דָּוִיד אֶת ־ יְהוָה לְעֵינֵי כָּל ־ הַקָּהָל וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִיד בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אָבִינוּ מֵעוֹלָם וְעַד ־ עוֹלָֽם ׃
Matthew Henry on Genesis 33:17-20
16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. 18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city. 19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money. 20 And he erected there… Read the whole commentary →