Parallel Verses
King James Version
And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
New American Standard Bible
Then he erected there an altar and called it
Holman Bible
And he set up an altar there and called it “God, the God of Israel.”
International Standard Version
set up an altar, and named it El-elohe-israel.
A Conservative Version
And he erected an altar there, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
American Standard Version
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-israel.
Amplified
There he erected an altar and called it
Bible in Basic English
And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.
Darby Translation
And there he set up an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will set there an altar, and he will call upon it, God the God of Israel.
King James 2000
And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-israel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And there he erected an altar and called it "El Elohe Israel."
Modern King James verseion
And he erected there an altar, and called it El, the God of Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he made there an altar, and there called upon the mighty God of Israel.
NET Bible
There he set up an altar and called it "The God of Israel is God."
New Heart English Bible
He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
And he set up there an altar, - and called it, El-elohe-Israel.
Webster
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
World English Bible
He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he setteth up there an altar, and proclaimeth at it God -- the God of Israel.
Themes
Altars » Mentioned in scripture » Of jacob
El-elohe-israel » Name of jacob's altar at salem
jacob » Journeys to shalem, where he purchase a parcel of ground from hamor and erects an altar
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 33:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Meets Esau And Settles At Shechem
19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
Cross References
Genesis 8:20
And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis 12:7-8
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
Genesis 13:18
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
Genesis 21:33
And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
Genesis 32:28
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Genesis 35:7
And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.