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Genesis 35:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. "

Genesis 35:7

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5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: 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 Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

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Genesis 35:1

"And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother."

Genesis 35:2

"Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:"

Genesis 35:3

"And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went."

Genesis 35:4

"And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem."

Genesis 35:5

"And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob."

Genesis 35:6

"So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him."

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