Genesis 35:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּ֤בֶן שָׁם֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ וַיִּקְרָא֙ לַמָּק֔וֹם אֵ֖ל בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל כִּ֣י שָׁ֗ם נִגְל֤וּ אֵלָיו֙ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים בְּבָרְח֖וֹ מִפְּנֵ֥י אָחִֽיו׃

Transliteration

And wayyiben šām mizbēaḥ and wayyiqrāʾ to the lammāqôm ʾēl bêt-ʾēl because kî šām niglû unto him ʾēlāyw the hāʾĕlōhîm in his bȇborḥô from mippȇnê his ʾāḥîw.

Grammar Details

*wayyiben*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he built
*šām*: adverb - there
*mizbēaḥ*: masculine singular noun - altar
*wayyiqrāʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he called
*lammāqôm*: preposition + article + masculine singular noun - to the place
*ʾēl*: masculine singular noun - God/El
*bêt-ʾēl*: construct noun + proper noun - house of God/Bethel
*kî*: conjunction - because/for
*niglû*: niphal perfect 3rd common plural - they were revealed
*ʾēlāyw*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
*hāʾĕlōhîm*: article + masculine plural noun - the God/the gods
*bȇborḥô*: preposition + qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his fleeing
*mippȇnê*: preposition + construct noun - from before/from the face of
*ʾāḥîw*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his brother

Word Meanings

*mizbēaḥ*: altar/place of sacrifice
*lammāqôm*: to the place/to the site/to the location
*ʾēl bêt-ʾēl*: El-Bethel/God of Bethel/God of the house of God
*niglû*: they were revealed/they appeared/they were manifested
*hāʾĕlōhîm*: the God/the gods/the divine beings
*mippȇnê*: from before/from the face of/because of

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 35:1 : 1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Gen 35:3 : 3 and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; 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.
Gen 28:13 : 13 And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
Gen 28:19 : 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
Gen 28:22 : 22 then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Exod 17:15 : 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi;
Judg 6:24 : 24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Eccl 5:4-5 : 4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Ezek 48:35 : 35 It shall be eighteen thousand [reeds] round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Jehovah is there.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Gen 35:1
85%
1And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Gen 35:13-15
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84%
13And God went up from him in the place where he spake with him.
14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spake with him, a pillar of stone: and he poured out a drink-offering thereon, and poured oil thereon.
15And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
Gen 35:6
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6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him.
Gen 35:3
80%
3and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; 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.
Gen 12:7-8
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7And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.
8And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.
Gen 28:16-20
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16And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Jehovah is in this place; and I knew it not.
17And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
18And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
19And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Gen 33:20
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20And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
Gen 35:8-10
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8And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.
9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.
10And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
Gen 31:13
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13I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.
Gen 26:25
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25And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
Gen 13:3-4
2 verses
73%
3And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai,
4unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.
Gen 28:10-11
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10And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
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Gen 48:3
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3And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
Gen 31:47
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47And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
Gen 32:2
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2And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Gen 35:27
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Gen 13:18
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18And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.
Gen 32:30
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30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, [said he], I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Gen 31:21
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21So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
Gen 32:9
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9And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Jehovah, who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good:
Judg 1:22-23
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22And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and Jehovah was with them.
23And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.)
Gen 31:45
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45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
Gen 22:14
69%
14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.
Judg 1:26
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26And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.
Judg 6:24
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24Then Gideon built an altar there unto Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Gen 31:25
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25And Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain: and Laban with his brethren encamped in the mountain of Gilead.
1 Sam 7:17
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17And his return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar unto Jehovah.