Genesis 35:7 meaning and explanation
There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
Genesis 35:7, Berean Standard Bible
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Jacob has returned from Paddan-aram and, at God's command in verse 1, goes up to Bethel to settle and build an altar. The place was earlier called Luz.
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