So Jacob came to (A)Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. And he (B)built an altar there and called the place [a]El Bethel, because (C)there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

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  1. Genesis 35:7 Lit. God of the House of God

Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz(A) (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.(B) There he built an altar,(C) and he called the place El Bethel,[a](D) because it was there that God revealed himself to him(E) when he was fleeing from his brother.(F)

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  1. Genesis 35:7 El Bethel means God of Bethel.