⁷ And he ^(A)built an altar there and called the place ^[a]El Bethel, because ^(B)there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

³ Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, ^(A)who answered me in the day of my distress ^(B)and has been with me in the way which I have gone.”

Jacob’s Return to Bethel

35 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to ^(A)Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, ^(B)who appeared to you ^(C)when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

^13 (A)And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: ^(B)“I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; ^(C)the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.

³⁵ All the way around shall be eighteen thousand cubits; ^(A)and the name of the city from that day shall be: ^(B)THE^[a] LORD IS THERE.”

²⁴ So Gideon built an altar there to the Lord, and called it ^[a]The-Lord-Is-Peace. To this day it is still ^(A)in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

¹⁵ And Moses built an altar and called its name, ^[a]The-Lord-Is-My-Banner;

²² And this stone which I have set as a pillar ^(A)shall be God’s house, ^(B)and of all that You give me I will surely give a ^[a]tenth to You.”