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Genesis 12:7

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12:7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants 1  I will give this land.” So Abram 2  built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 26:25

Context
26:25 Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped 3  the Lord. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well. 4 

Genesis 35:3

Context
35:3 Let us go up at once 5  to Bethel. Then I will make 6  an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress 7  and has been with me wherever I went.” 8 

Genesis 35:7

Context
35:7 He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel 9  because there God had revealed himself 10  to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
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[12:7]  1 tn The same Hebrew term זֶרַע (zera’) may mean “seed” (for planting), “offspring” (occasionally of animals, but usually of people), or “descendants” depending on the context.

[12:7]  2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been supplied in the translation for clarification.

[26:25]  3 tn Heb “called in the name of.” The expression refers to worshiping the Lord through prayer and sacrifice (see Gen 4:26; 12:8; 13:4; 21:33). See G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:116.

[26:25]  4 tn Heb “and they dug there, the servants of Isaac, a well.”

[35:3]  5 tn Heb “let us arise and let us go up.” The first cohortative gives the statement a sense of urgency.

[35:3]  6 tn The cohortative with the prefixed conjunction here indicates purpose or consequence.

[35:3]  7 tn Heb “day of distress.” See Ps 20:1 which utilizes similar language.

[35:3]  8 tn Heb “in the way in which I went.” Jacob alludes here to God’s promise to be with him (see Gen 28:20).

[35:7]  7 sn The name El-Bethel means “God of Bethel.”

[35:7]  8 tn Heb “revealed themselves.” The verb נִגְלוּ (niglu), translated “revealed himself,” is plural, even though one expects the singular form with the plural of majesty. Perhaps אֱלֹהִים (’elohim) is here a numerical plural, referring both to God and the angelic beings that appeared to Jacob. See the note on the word “know” in Gen 3:5.



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