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El-bethel was the name Jacob gave to Bethel when he built an altar there after God's faithfulness to him. It is important because it preserves Bethel as a place of encounter, memory, and worship. First appears in Gen 35:7.1
Coordinates
31.93, 35.22
First appears
Gen 35:7
AI summary: El-bethel matters because a familiar place is deepened by Jacob's renewed recognition of God there. The name marks Bethel not merely as a location but as a site of answered fear and continuing covenant presence.1
Latitude
31.93
Longitude
35.22
Bible references
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God of Bethel, the name of the place where Jacob had the vision of the ladder, and where he erected an altar (Gen. 31:13; 35:7). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.