Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
Elelohe-israel
Bible References
Altar
Genesis 8:20
Noah built an altar to Jehovah and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it.
Genesis 12:7
Jehovah appeared to Abram and said: I will give this land to your offspring (seed). He built an altar there to Jehovah, who had appeared to him.
Genesis 13:18
Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron. He built an altar to Jehovah there.
Genesis 21:33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beer-sheba. There he called on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.
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Genesis 32:28
The man said: Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel (He Struggles With God), because you have struggled with God and with men and you have won.
Genesis 35:7
Jacob built an altar there and called it God of Bethel. That was the place where God appeared to him when he was running from Esau.
