And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael. Treasury of Scripture altar. Genesis 8:20 And Noah built an altar to the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. Genesis 12:7,8 And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your seed will I give this land: and there built he an altar to the LORD... Genesis 13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelled in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar to the LORD. Genesis 21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. El-elohe-Israel. i.e., God, the God of Israel. Genesis 32:28 And he said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince have you power with God and with men... Genesis 35:7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared to him...
Context Jacob Settles in Shechem
18And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city. 19And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. 20And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it the most mighty God of Israel.
Darby Bible Translation
And there he set up an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
King James Bible
And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
Young's Literal Translation
and he setteth up there an altar, and proclaimeth at it God -- the God of Israel.
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