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Genesis 35:7

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And he built there an altar, and called the place El–beth–el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

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  1. Genesis 35:5

    And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

  2. Genesis 35:6

    So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth–el, he and all the people that were with him.

  3. Genesis 35:8

    But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth–el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon–bachuth.

  4. Genesis 35:9

    And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan–aram, and blessed him.

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