Genesis 35:7
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And he built there an altar, and called the name of that place, The house of God: for there God appeared to him when he fled from his brother.

built.

Genesis 35:1,3 In the mean time God said to Jacob: Arise and go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee when thou didst flee from Esau, thy brother. . . .

Ecclesiastes 5:4,5 If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it. . . .

El-beth-el.

Genesis 28:13,19,22 And the Lord leaning upon the ladder saying to him: I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: The land, wherein thou sleepest, I will give to thee and to thy seed. . . .

Exodus 17:15 And Moses built an altar; and called the name thereof, The Lord, my exaltation, saying:

Judges 6:24 And Gedeon built there an altar to the Lord, and called it the Lord's peace, until this present day. And when he was yet in Ephra, which is of the family of Ezri,

Ezekiel 48:35 Its circumference was eighteen thousand: and the name of the city from that day, The Lord is there.

Context
Jacob Returns to Bethel
6And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, surnamed Bethel: he and all the people that were with him. 7And he built there an altar, and called the name of that place, The house of God: for there God appeared to him when he fled from his brother.8At the same time Debora, the nurse of Rebecca, died, and was buried at the foot of Bethel, under an oak, and the name of that place was called, The oak of weeping.…
Cross References
Genesis 28:22
And this stone, which I have set up for a title, shall be called the house of God: and of all things that thou shalt give to me, I will offer tithes to thee.

Genesis 35:3
Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, that we may make there an altar to God; who heard me in the day of my affliction, and accompained me in my journey.

Lexicon
There
שָׁם֙ (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

Jacob built
וַיִּ֤בֶן (way·yi·ḇen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

an altar,
מִזְבֵּ֔חַ (miz·bê·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar

and he called
וַיִּקְרָא֙ (way·yiq·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

that place
לַמָּק֔וֹם (lam·mā·qō·wm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

El-bethel,
אֵ֖ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

because
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

it was there
שָׁ֗ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

that God
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

had revealed Himself
נִגְל֤וּ (niḡ·lū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1540: To denude, to exile, to reveal

to him
אֵלָיו֙ (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

as he fled
בְּבָרְח֖וֹ (bə·ḇā·rə·ḥōw)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1272: To bolt, to flee suddenly

from
מִפְּנֵ֥י (mip·pə·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

his brother.
אָחִֽיו׃ (’ā·ḥîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )


Additional Translations
There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to him as he fled from his brother.And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

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.

And he built there an altar, and called the name of the place Baethel; for there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother Esau.

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

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.

And he erected there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

and he buildeth there an altar, and proclaimeth at the place the God of Bethel: for there had God been revealed unto him, in his fleeing from the face of his brother.
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