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He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
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Verse 7. To him. Hebrew lit. “He called that place the God of Bethel, because there God (or the angels) appeared to him.” Haelohim, with a verb plural, generally refers to angels; when it is applied to God, the article is omitted, and the verb is singular. Calmet.
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