Genesis 33:20 - Compare All Versions

Genesis 33:18-20 MSG (The Message)

And that’s how it happened that Jacob arrived all in one piece in Shechem in the land of Canaan—all the way from Paddan Aram. He camped near the city. He bought the land where he pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. He paid a hundred silver coins for it. Then he built an altar there and named it El-Elohe-Israel (Mighty Is the God of Israel). * * *

Genesis 33:20 KJV (King James Version)

And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.

Genesis 33:20 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Then he erected there an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

Genesis 33:20 NCV (New Century Version)

He built an altar there and named it after God, the God of Israel.

Genesis 33:20 ASV (American Standard Version)

And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

Genesis 33:20 NIV (New International Version)

There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel.

Genesis 33:20 NKJV (New King James Version)

Then he erected an altar there and called it El Elohe Israel.

Genesis 33:20 AMP (Amplified Bible)

There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

Genesis 33:20 NLT (New Living Translation)

And there he built an altar and named it El-Elohe-Israel.

Genesis 33:20 TPT (The Passion Translation)

There he set up an altar and named it To the True God, the God of Israel.

Genesis 33:20 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.