And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel 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.
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Gill's Exposition
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel,.... As it was afterwards called by Jacob, which before and at this time had the name of Luz, Gen 28:19 now to the east of this place…
- The Call of Abram 6. שׁכם shekem Shekem, “the upper part of the back.” Here it is the name of a person, the owner of this place, where afterward is built the town called at first Shekem, then Flavia…
Adam Clarke
Beth-el - The place which was afterwards called Beth-el by Jacob, for its first name was Luz. See Gen 28:19. בית אל beith El literally signifies the house of God.
And pitched his tent - and - builded…
One would have expected that Abram having had such an extraordinary call to Canaan some great event should have followed upon his arrival there, that he would have been introduced with all possible…
Cambridge Bible
Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east For Bethel, see note on Gen 28:12. For Ai, see Jos 7:2-5. The situation of Abram's tent between Bethel and Ai must have commanded a view of the valley of the…
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