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El-elohe-Israel

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: E By: James P. Boyd

Genesis 33:19‑20

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(strength of the God of Israel). Name of Jacob’s altar (Gen. 33:19-20¹⁹And 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. ²⁰And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel. (Genesis 33:19‑20)).

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