⁹ God appeared to Jacob again, while he was on his way back from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. ¹⁰ God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but your name will be Jacob no longer. No, your name will be Israel.” And he named him Israel. ¹¹ God said to him, “I am El Shaddai.^[a] Be fertile and multiply. A nation, even a large group of nations, will come from you; kings will descend from your own children. ¹² The land I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, I give to you; and I will give the land to your descendants after you.” ¹³ Then God ascended, leaving him alone in the place where he spoke to him. ¹⁴ So Jacob set up a sacred pillar, a stone pillar, at the place God spoke to him. He poured an offering of wine on it and then poured oil over it. ¹⁵ Jacob named the place Bethel where God spoke to him.