the place See notes on Genesis 12:6; Genesis 28:11.

El-beth-el That is, the God of Beth-el. Here, as in Genesis 33:20, the altar receives the name of the deity.

was revealed Referring to Genesis 28:12-13. In the Heb. "was revealed" is in the plural: see note on Genesis 20:13, cf. Joshua 24:19. Dillmann (Theologie d. A.T., p. 211) explains this by saying that "Elohim" here is "God with the angels." The Divine Presence is regarded as hidden or covered, and needing to be "revealed"; cf. Numbers 24:4; Numbers 24:16.

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