Genesis 35:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ There Jacob built an altar and named the place ·Bethel, after God [El-Bethel; or “God of Bethel”], because God had appeared to him there when he was ·running [fleeing] from his brother.

⁸ Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak tree at Bethel, so they named that place ·Oak of Crying [^LAllon-bacuth].

Jacob’s New Name

⁹ When Jacob came back from ·northwestern Mesopotamia [^LPaddan-aram], God appeared to him again and blessed him.