And they journeyed, and (A)the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. So Jacob came to (B)Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. And he (C)built an altar there and called the place [a]El Bethel, because (D)there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

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  1. Genesis 35:7 Lit. God of the House of God

And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. And Jacob came to (A)Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him, and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel,[a] because (B)there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.

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

Gia-cốp và các con rời nơi đó. Thượng Đế khiến cho dân cư các thành gần đó hoảng sợ nên không ai dám đuổi theo họ. Gia-cốp cùng những người theo mình đi đến Lu-xơ, nay gọi là Bê-tên, trong xứ Ca-na-an. Gia-cốp dựng một bàn thờ và đặt tên là “Thượng Đế của Bê-tên,” theo tên Thượng Đế vì Thượng Đế đã hiện ra cùng ông khi ông đang chạy trốn khỏi anh mình.

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