Genesis 35:5-15
New King James Version
5 And they journeyed, and (A)the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. 6 So Jacob came to (B)Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. 7 And he (C)built an altar there and called the place [a]El Bethel, because (D)there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 Now (E)Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the terebinth tree. So the name of it was called [b]Allon Bachuth.
9 Then (F)God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and (G)blessed him. 10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; (H)your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, (I)but Israel shall be your name.” So He called his name Israel. 11 Also God said to him: (J)“I am God Almighty. (K)Be fruitful and multiply; (L)a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body. 12 The (M)land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land.” 13 Then God (N)went[c] up from him in the place where He talked with him. 14 So Jacob (O)set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, (P)Bethel.
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- Genesis 35:7 Lit. God of the House of God
- Genesis 35:8 Lit. Terebinth of Weeping
- Genesis 35:13 departed
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