Genesis 35:7-9

International Children’s Bible

⁷ There Jacob built an altar. He named the place Bethel, after God, because God had appeared to him there. That was when he was running from his brother.

⁸ Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak tree at Bethel. They named that place Oak of Crying.

Jacob’s New Name

⁹ When Jacob came back from Northwest Mesopotamia, God appeared to him again. And God blessed him.