Genesis 33:20
And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it the most mighty God of Israel.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et erecto ibi altari, invocavit super illud fortissimum Deum Israël.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἔστησεν ἐκεῖ θυσιαστήριον καὶ ἐπεκαλέσατο τὸν θεὸν Ἰσραήλ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיַּצֶּב שָׁ֖ם מִזְבֵּ֑חַ וַיִּ֨קְרָא ל֔וֹ אֵ֖ל אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Haydock's commentary
The most, &c. El Elohe Yisrael. By this name he dignified the altar, consecrating his field and all his possessions to God, and acknowledging that all was his gift. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.