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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 35:7
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he built there an altar, etc.] As he was bid to do, and as he promised he would, (<013501>Genesis 35:1,3); and called the place Elbethel; the God of Bethel; a title which God takes to himself, (<013113>Genesis 31:13); or rather the sense is, that he called the place with respect God, or because of his appearance to him there, Bethel, confirming the name he had before given it, (<013619>Genesis 36:19); (see <013515> Genesis 35:15); as the following reason shows: because there God appeared; or the divine Persons, for both words are plural that are used; the Targum of Jonathan has it, the angels of God, and so Aben Ezra interprets it; but here, no doubt, the divine Being is meant, who appeared unto him; to Jacob in this place, as he went to Mesopotamia, and comforted and encouraged him with many promises; when he fled from the face of his brother; his brother Esau, who was wroth with him, and sought to take away his life, and therefore was forced to flee for it.
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