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EL-ELOHE-ISRAEL.—Upon the ‘parcel of ground’ which he had bought at Shechem, Jacob built an altar and called it El-elohe-Israel, ‘El, the god of Israel,’ Gen_33:20 (E [Note: Elohist.] ). This appears a strange name for an altar, and it is just possible that we should emend the text, so as to read with the LXX [Note: Septuagint.] , ‘he called upon the God of Israel.’