Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 12:8
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Genesis12:8
8. And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the East of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the West, and Hai on the East: and there he built an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
A known place, which afterwards was called Beth-el, but now Luz. Gen. 2[illegible: 1+ letters]. 19. An usual prolepsis, or anticipation as before, v. 6.
Or, On the Sea: which is all one, because the Sea was on the West part of the Land. See Gen. 13. 14. and 28. 14. Num. 3. 23. Deut. 3. 27.
or Ai, as it is called Ios. 7. 2. Ier. 49. 3. Isa. 10. 28.
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