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Genesis 33:20
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And he set vp there an altar, and called it, The mightie God of Israel.
And he pitched his tent there, and erected an altar, and called it El-Alaha di Israel (God, the God of Israel).
He erected an altar there, and called it El-Elohe-Yisra'el.
He built an altar there to honor God. He named the place "El, the God of Israel."
There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.
then he set up his tents and built an altar there to honor the God of Israel.
There he put up an altar, which he called El-Elohei-Yisra'el [God, the God of Isra'el].
And there he set up an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
And hee erected there an Altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
And he set up there an alter, and called on the God of Israel.
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
And there he erected an altar and called it "El Elohe Israel."
And he set up an altar there. And he called it, El, the God of Israel.
He built an altar there and named it after God, the God of Israel.
20 Then he erected an altar there and called it El Elohe Israel. [fn]
And there he built an altar and named it El-Elohe-Israel.
He built an altar there, and gave it the name El-Elohe-Israel.
And he set up there an altar, - and called it, El-elohe-Israel.
And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it the most mighty God of Israel.
There he erected an altar and called it El-El'ohe-Israel.
He put up an altar there and named it for El, the God of Israel.
And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
And whanne he hadde reisid an auter there, he inwardly clepide on it the strongeste God of Israel.
and he setteth up there an altar, and proclaimeth at it God -- the God of Israel.
He erected an altar there, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-israel.
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
And he made there an aulter, and called it, the mightie God of Israel.
And he set up an altar there and called it God, the God of Israel.
and there he set vp an altare, and called vpon the name of the mightie God of Israel.
Then he erected there an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
Then he erected there an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
Then he set up there an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
altar: Genesis 8:20, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 13:18, Genesis 21:33
Elelohe-Israel: i.e. God, the God of Israel, Genesis 32:28, Genesis 35:7
Reciprocal: Genesis 26:25 - builded Genesis 28:22 - God's Genesis 46:1 - and offered Exodus 17:15 - Jehovahnissi Exodus 34:23 - the God Judges 6:24 - built 1 Samuel 7:17 - he built 2 Samuel 23:3 - God 1 Kings 8:23 - Lord God 1 Kings 18:31 - saying 2 Kings 17:34 - whom he named Israel 2 Kings 19:15 - O Lord God 1 Chronicles 4:10 - the God 1 Chronicles 16:4 - the Lord God 1 Chronicles 29:10 - Lord God 2 Chronicles 6:14 - O Lord God Psalms 59:5 - the God Matthew 15:31 - God Mark 12:26 - I am
Cross-References
Noah built an altar to the Lord . He then took some of every kind of clean animal and clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there.
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the Lord , the eternal God.
"No longer will your name be Jacob," the man told him, "but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed."
Then Leah came forward with her children and they bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.
Esau then asked, "What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?" Jacob replied, "To find favor in your sight, my lord."
He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he erected there an altar,.... To offer sacrifice upon to God, by way of thanksgiving, for the many mercies he had received since he went out of the land of Canaan, whither he was now returned; and especially for his safety in journeying hither from Padanaram, and for deliverance from Laban and Esau, and for all other favours that he and his had been partakers of. And this he also erected for the sake of religious worship, to be continued in his family; he intending to reside here for some time, as appears by the purchase he had made, and as it is certain he did:
and called it Elelohe-Israel: God, the God of Israel; that is, he called the altar the altar of God, who is the God of Israel, who had been his God, his preserver and protector; and had lately given him the name of Israel, and had made good what answered to it, and was designed by it, that as he had had power with God, and prevailed, so he should with man; and as a memorial of all these favours and mercies, he erected this altar, and devoted it to God and his service, and called it by this name: or "he called upon God, the God of Israel", as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions; he prayed unto him at the time he offered sacrifice on the altar, and gave him praise for all the great and good things he had done for him. Jacob must have stayed at Succoth, and at this place, many years, especially at the latter; since, when he came into those parts, Dinah was a child of little more than six years of age, and Simeon and Levi were very young, not above eleven or twelve years of age; and yet, before he left Shechem, Dinah was marriageable, and Simeon and Levi were grown strong and able bodied men, and did a most strange exploit in slaying all the males in Shechem, as recorded in the next chapter.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
- Jacob and Esau Meet
17. סכת sûkkôth, Sukkoth, “booths,” consisting of poles forming a roof covered with branches, leaves, or grass.
19. חמור chămôr Chamor, “ass, red, heap.” קשׂיטה qeśı̂yṭâh Qesitah, weighed or measured. Ἀμνὸς Amnos, Septuagint and Onkelos
Jacob has a friendly interview with Esau, and re-+enters Kenaan.
Genesis 33:1-3
Jacob, upon seeing Esau approach with his four hundred men, advances with circumspection and lowly obeisance. He divided his family, arranged them according to their preciousness in his eyes, and walks himself in front. In drawing near, he bows seven times, in token of complete submission to his older brother. Esau, the wild hunter, is completely softened, and manifests the warmest affection, which is reciprocated by Jacob. The puncta extraordinaria over וישׁקהוּ vayı̂shēqēhû, “and kissed him,” seemingly intimating a doubt of the reading or of the sincerity of Esau, are wholly unwarranted. Esau then observes the women and children, and inquires who they are. Jacob replies that God had granted, graciously bestowed on him, these children. They approach in succession, and do obeisance. Esau now inquires of the caravan or horde he had already met. He had heard the announcement of the servants; but he awaited the confirmation of the master. “To find grace in the eyes of my lord.” Jacob values highly the good-will of his brother. The acceptance of this present is the security for that good-will, and for all the safety and protection which it involved. Esau at first declines the gift, but on being urged by Jacob accepts it, and thereby relieves Jacob of all his anxiety. His brother is now his friend indeed. “Therefore, have I seen thy face,” that I might give thee this token of my affection. “As if I had seen the face of God.” The unexpected kindness with which his brother had received him was a type and proof of the kindness of the All-provident, by whom it had been added to all his other mercies. My blessing; my gift which embodies my good wishes. I have all; not only enough, but all that I can wish.
Genesis 33:12-16
They now part for the present. “I will qo with thee;” as an escort or vanguard. Jacob explains that this would be inconvenient for both parties, as his tender children and suckling cattle could not keep pace with Esau’s men, who were used to the road. “At the pace of the cattle;” as fast as the business (מלאכה melā'kâh) of traveling with cattle will permit. Unto Selr. Jacob is travelling to the land of Kenaan, and to the residence of his father. But, on arriving there, it will be his first duty to return the fraternal visit of Esau. The very circumstance that he sent messengers to apprise his brother of his arrival, implies that he was prepared to cultivate friendly relations with him. Jacob also declines the offer of some of the men that Esau had with him. He had, doubtless, enough of hands to manage his remaining flock, and he now relied more than ever on the protection of that God who had ever proved himself a faithful and effectual guardian.
Genesis 33:17
“Sukkoth” was south of the Jabbok, and east of the Jordan, as we learn from Judges 8:4-9. From the same passage it appears to have been nearer the Jordan than Penuel, which was at the ford of Jahbok. Sukkoth cannot therefore, be identified with Sakut, which Robinson finds on the other side of the Jordan, about ten miles north of the mouth of the Jabbok. “And built him a house.” This indicates a permanent residence. Booths, or folds, composed of upright stakes wattled together, and sheltered with leafy branches. The closed space in the text is properly introduced here, to indicate the pause in the narrative, while Jacob sojourned in this place. Dinah, who is not noticed on the journey, was now not more than six years of age. Six or seven years more, therefore, must have elapsed before the melancholy events of the next chapter took place. In the interval, Jacob may have visited his father, and even returned the visit of Esau.
Genesis 33:18-20
Jacob at length crosses the Jordan, and enters again the land of Kenaan. “In peace.” The original word (שׁלם shālēm “safe, in peace”) is rendered Shalem, the name of the town at which Jacob arrived, by the Septuagint. The rendering safe, or in peace, is here adopted, because (1) the word is to be taken as a common noun or adjective, unless there be a clear necessity for a proper name; (2) “the place” was called Shekem in the time of Abraham Genesis 12:6, and the “town” is so designated in the thirty-fifth chapter Genesis 35:4; and (3) the statement that Jacob arrived in safety accounts for the additional clauses, “which is in the land of Kenaan,” and “when he went from Padan-aram,” and is in accordance with the promise Genesis 28:21 that he would return in peace. If, however, the Salim found by Robinson to the west of Nablous be the present town, it must be called the city of Shekem, because it belonged to the Shekem mentioned in the following verse and chapter. “Pitched before the city.”
Jacob did not enter into the city, because his flocks and herds could not find accommodation there, and he did not want to come into close contact with the inhabitants. “He bought a parcel of the field.” He is anxious to have a place he may call his own, where he may have a permanent resting-place. “For a hundred kesitahs.” The kesitah may have been a piece of silver or gold, of a certain weight, equal in value to a lamb (see Gesenius). “El-Elohe-Israel.” Jacob consecrates his ground by the erection of an altar. He calls it the altar of the Mighty One, the God of Israel, in which he signalizes the omnipotence of him who had brought him in safety to the land of promise through many perils, the new name by which he himself had been lately designated, and the blessed communion which now existed between the Almighty and himself. This was the very spot where Abraham, about one hundred and eighty-five years ago, built the first altar he erected in the promised land Genesis 12:6-7. It is now consecrated anew to the God of promise.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Genesis 33:20. And he erected there an altar — It appears that Jacob had a very correct notion of the providence and mercy of God; hence he says, Genesis 33:5: The children which God hath GRACIOUSLY given thy servant; and in Genesis 33:11 he attributes all his substance to the bounty of his Maker: Take, I pray thee, my blessing - because God hath dealt GRACIOUSLY with me, and because I have enough. Hence he viewed God as the God of all grace, and to him he erects an altar, dedicating it to God, the God of Israel, referring particularly to the change of his own name, and the mercies which he then received; and hence perhaps it would be best to translate the words, The strong God (is) the God of Israel; as by the power of his grace and goodness he had rescued, defended, blessed, and supported him from his youth up until now. The erecting altars with particular names appears in other places; so, Exodus 17:15, Moses calls his altar Jehovah-nissi, "the Lord is my banner."
1. WHEN a man's way's please God, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. When Jacob had got reconciled to God, God reconciled his brother to him. The hearts of all men are in the hands of God, and he turns them howsoever he will.
2. Since the time in which Jacob wrestled with the Angel of the covenant. We see in him much dependence on God, accompanied with a spirit of deep humility and gratitude. God's grace alone can change the heart of man, and it is by that grace only that we get a sense of our obligations; this lays us in the dust, and the more we receive the lower we shall lie.
3. "The first thing," says good Bishop Wilson, "that pious men do, is to provide for the honour and worship of God." Jacob buys a piece of ground, and erects an altar on it in the land of a heathen, that he might acknowledge God among his enemies, and turn them to the true faith; and there is every reason to believe that this expedient would have been successful, had it not been for the base conduct of his sons. How true is the saying, One sinner spoileth much good! Reader, beware, lest thy conduct should become a stumbling block to any.
