Jacob built an altar there and called the place God of Bethel[a] because it was there that God had revealed Himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

Deborah, the one who had nursed and raised Rebekah,[b](A) died and was buried under the oak south of Bethel. So Jacob named it Oak of Weeping.[c]

God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan-aram, and He blessed him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:7 Or El-bethel
  2. Genesis 35:8 Lit Deborah, Rebekah’s wet nurse; Gn 24:59
  3. Genesis 35:8 Or Allon-bacuth

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