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Genesis 33

Gen. 33:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he erected
natsab (Hebrew #5324)
to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: appointed, deputy, erect, establish, X Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.
Pronounce: naw-tsab'
Origin: a prim root
there an altar
mizbeach (Hebrew #4196)
an altar
KJV usage: altar.
Pronounce: miz-bay'-akh
Origin: from 2076
c, and called it
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
ρEl-elohe-Israel
'El (Hebrew #415)
the mighty god if Jisrael; El-Elohi-Jisrael, the title given to a consecrated spot by Jacob
KJV usage: El-elohe-israel.
Pronounce: 'elohey
Origin: from 410 and 430 and 3478
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Gen. 35:7• 7And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. (Gen. 35:7)
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God the God of Israel.

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Altar,
Elelohe-Israel; Eleloheisrael

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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altar.
Gen. 8:20• 20And 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. (Gen. 8:20)
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Gen. 12:7‑8• 7And 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.
 8And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord. (Gen. 12:7‑8)
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Gen. 13:18• 18Then 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. (Gen. 13:18)
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Gen. 21:33• 33And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God. (Gen. 21:33)
El-elohe-Israel.
i.e., God, the God of Israel.
Gen. 32:28• 28And 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. (Gen. 32:28)
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Gen. 35:7• 7And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. (Gen. 35:7)
• The name by which he calls his altar is indicative of the moral condition of his soul. He calls it “El-elohe-Israel,” or “God, the God of Israel.” This was taking a very contracted view of God. True, it is our privilege to know God as our God; but it is a higher thing to know Him as the God of His own house, and to view ourselves as part of that house. (“Genesis 33-34” by C.H. Mackintosh)
• In setting up an altar, where he first spread his tent in the promised land, he was undoubtedly right. (“Jacob: 13. Succoth and Shechem” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And there he set up an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israelf.

JND Translation Notes

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*God, the *God of Israel.