Good News TranslationHe built an altar there and named the place for the God of Bethel, because God had revealed himself to him there when he was running away from his brother.
New Revised Standard Version
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.
Contemporary English Version
Jacob built an altar there and called it "God of Bethel," because that was the place where God had appeared to him when he was running from Esau.
New American Bible
There he built an altar and called the place El-Bethel, for it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
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Genesis 35:1,3 In the mean time God said to Jacob: Arise and go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee when thou didst flee from Esau, thy brother. . . .
Ecclesiastes 5:4,5 If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it. . . .
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Genesis 28:13,19,22 And the Lord leaning upon the ladder saying to him: I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: The land, wherein thou sleepest, I will give to thee and to thy seed. . . .
Exodus 17:15 And Moses built an altar; and called the name thereof, The Lord, my exaltation, saying:
Judges 6:24 And Gedeon built there an altar to the Lord, and called it the Lord's peace, until this present day. And when he was yet in Ephra, which is of the family of Ezri,
Ezekiel 48:35 Its circumference was eighteen thousand: and the name of the city from that day, The Lord is there.
