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EL-ELOHE-ISRAEL

(Heb. ʾēl ʾĕlōhê yiśrāʾēl)

The name of the altar that Jacob erected in Shechem after parting ways with his brother Esau (Gen. 33:20). The phrase may be rendered as “El, the God of Israel,” “El is the God of Israel,” or “mighty is the God of Israel.” Occurring near the conclusion of the Jacob cycle (Gen. 25-35), this declaration marks a final stage in the transformation of Jacob from trickster to father of the Israelite people. By purchasing the plot of land, erecting and naming the altar, Jacob was both confessing that the God who changed his name at Peniel was now his God (cf. Gen. 28:21) and identifying himself with the land promised to his fathers. By implication the name of the altar is also a confession of the people Israel, and in this sense the individual “Jacob” and the collective “Israel” coalesce.

Tyler F. Williams






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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