Verse 7

Genesis 35:7

Darby Translation

7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God (Elohim) had appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּ֤בֶן שָׁם֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ וַ/יִּקְרָא֙ לַ/מָּק֔וֹם אֵ֖ל בֵּֽית אֵ֑ל כִּ֣י שָׁ֗ם נִגְל֤וּ אֵלָי/ו֙ הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים בְּ/בָרְח֖/וֹ מִ/פְּנֵ֥י אָחִֽי/ו
English Translation
And he built an altar there and called the place El Bethel because there God revealed Himself to him when he fled from the face of his brother.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 35 Context
1 And God (Elohim) said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar unt... Focus ↗
2 And Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are a... Focus ↗
3 and we will arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to the God (Elohim) that answ... Focus ↗
4 And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods that were in their hand, and the rings that were in thei... Focus ↗
5 And they journeyed; and the terror of God (Elohim) was upon the cities that were round about them, a... Focus ↗
6 And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that w... Focus ↗
7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God (Elohim) had appeare...
8 And Deborah, Rebecca's nurse, died; and she was buried beneath Bethel, under the oak; and the name o... Focus ↗
9 And God (Elohim) appeared to Jacob again after he had come from Padan-Aram, and blessed him. Focus ↗
10 And God (Elohim) said to him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but... Focus ↗
11 And God (Elohim) said to him, I am the Almighty God (Elohim): be fruitful and multiply; a nation and... Focus ↗
12 And the land that I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed after thee will... Focus ↗
13 And God (Elohim) went up from him in the place where he had talked with him. Focus ↗
14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had talked with him, a pillar of stone, and poured o... Focus ↗
15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God (Elohim) had talked with him, Beth-el. Focus ↗
16 And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel... Focus ↗
17 And it came to pass when it went hard with her in her childbearing, that the midwife said to her, Fe... Focus ↗
18 And it came to pass as her soul was departing for she died that she called his name Benoni; but his... Focus ↗
19 And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem. Focus ↗
20 And Jacob erected a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to [this] day. Focus ↗
21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent on the other side of Migdal-Eder. Focus ↗
22 And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father... Focus ↗
23 The sons of Leah: Reuben Jacob's firstborn and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulu... Focus ↗
24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. Focus ↗
25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant: Dan and Naphtali. Focus ↗
26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob that were bor... Focus ↗
27 And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre to Kirjath-Arba, which is Hebron; where Abraham had sojo... Focus ↗
28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years. Focus ↗
29 And Isaac expired and died, and was gathered to his peoples, old and full of days. And his sons Esau... Focus ↗