Genesis 35:15

and he called the name of that place, ‘Bethel.’

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In The King James Version

And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.

In Context

14In truth, he set up a monument of stone, in the place where God had spoken to him, pouring out libations over it, and pouring oil,

16Then, departing from there, he arrived in springtime at the land that leads to Ephrath. And there, when Rachel was giving birth,

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Cross References

Genesis 35:1About this time, God said to Jacob, “Arise and go up to Bethel, and live there, and make an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 35:7-16

Jacob's Arrival at Bethel. ( b. c. 1732.) 6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-Beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.… Read the whole commentary →

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