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They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob. So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. 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.

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Then they set out, and the terror of God(A) fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.(B)

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

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Footnotes

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