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The God of the House
Jacob names the place "El-beth-el," meaning "The God of Bethel." Commentators explain the significance of this name: true spiritual comfort comes not from a physical place (Bethel, the "house of God"), but from a personal encounter with God Himself (El, the "God of the house"). Jacob's act of building the altar was an act of obedience, fulfilling a vow made decades earlier and publicly declaring his worship of the one true God.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 35:1–29
18th Century
Theologian
8. דברה deborâh — Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.”
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Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 35:7
19th Century
Bishop
El-beth-el. This means the God of the house of God: the God into whose house he had been admitted, and seen there the won…
John Calvin
On Genesis 35:7
16th Century
Theologian
And he built there an altar. It has already been stated why it was necessary for the holy fathers, wherever they came, to have an altar of…
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John Gill
On Genesis 35:7
17th Century
Pastor
And he built there an altar As he was bid to do, and as he promised he would, (Genesis 35:1[Reference Genesis…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 35:6–15
17th Century
Minister
The comfort the saints have in holy ordinances is not so much from Beth-el, the house of God, as from El-beth-el, the God of the house. The ordinan…