Encyclopedia entry
Elbethel
(the God of Bethel), the name which Jacob is said to have bestowed on the place at which God appeared to him when he was flying from Esau. (Genesis 35:7)
In the Bible
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Verses where Elbethel is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Genesis 35:7
There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
Scripture on Elbethel
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Sources · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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