Genesis 35:15

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

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

In Context

14Jacob set up at the place where God had spoken with him, a pillar of stone, and poured a drink-offering and oil on it.

16Then they set out from Bethel, and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into a hard and painful labor.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:1Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make an altar there 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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