Genesis 35:7

He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel ¹  because there God had revealed himself ²  to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

Ge 28:13,19,22; Ge 35:1,3; Ex 17:15; Jud 6:24; Ec 5:4,5; Eze 48:35

¹ sn The name El-Bethel means “God of Bethel.”

² tn Heb “revealed themselves.” The verb נִגְלוּ (niglu), translated “revealed himself,” is plural, even though one expects the singular form with the plural of majesty. Perhaps אֱלֹהִים (’elohim) is here a numerical plural, referring both to God and the angelic beings that appeared to Jacob. See the note on the word “know” in Gen 3:5.