Genesis 33:20

‘El-Elohe-Israel’ means ‘God is Israel’s God’.

Canaan ~ the country where the Canaanites lived. (See Canaanites.) It is approximately the same land as the modern country Israel together with the land of the Palestinians.

Canaanites ~ Canaan’s descendants. Canaan was a grandson of Noah. (see Genesis 9:18.) The word Canaanites included Amorites and Hivites and other nations. (see Genesis 10:16-17.) It sometimes also included other people who lived in the country Canaan. These people were not descendants of Canaan.

descendants ~ children and grandchildren and later members of the family.
altar ~ a table where one burned an animal as an offering to God. An altar is usually several large stones that form a pile.

offering ~ a gift to God. An offering may be an animal. People killed the animal and burned it on an altar.