Genesis 35:15
וַיִּקְרָא יַעֲקֹב אֶת ־ שֵׁם הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אִתּוֹ שָׁם אֱלֹהִים בֵּֽית ־ אֵֽל ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 35:1וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶֽל ־ יַעֲקֹב קוּם עֲלֵה בֵֽית ־ אֵל וְשֶׁב ־ שָׁם וַעֲשֵׂה ־ שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לָאֵל הַנִּרְאֶה אֵלֶיךָ בְּבָרְחֲךָ מִפְּנֵי עֵשָׂו אָחִֽיךָ ׃
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 →