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Jacob Returns to Bethel

Genesis 35:15

In 11 translations

BSB
Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.Bethel means house of God.
KJV
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
WEB
Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel”.
ASV
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
LSV
and Jacob calls the name of the place where God spoke with him Bethel.
YLT
and Jacob calleth the name of the place where God spake with him Bethel.
DBY
And Jacob called the name of the place where God had talked with him, Beth-el.Elohim
DRC
And calling the name of that place Bethel.
GNV
And Iaakob called the name of the place, where God spake with him, Beth-el.
JPS
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Beth-el.
LXXE
And Jacob called the name of the place in which God spoke with him, Bæthel.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּקְרָ֨א יַעֲקֹ֜ב אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם הַמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁר֩ דִּבֶּ֨ר אִתּ֥וֹ שָׁ֛ם אֱלֹהִ֖ים בֵּֽית־אֵֽל׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἰακὼβ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου, ἐν ᾧ ἐλάλησε μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ ὁ Θεὸς, Βαιθήλ.

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  • Genesis 28:19and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.

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