Genesis 35:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 There he built an altar and called the place El-Bethel,[a] for it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.(A)
8 Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died. She was buried under the oak below Bethel, and so it was named Allon-bacuth.[b]
9 On Jacob’s arrival from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
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- 35:7 El-Bethel: probably to be translated “the god of Bethel.” This is one of several titles of God in Genesis that begin with El (= God), e.g., El Olam (21:33), El Elyon (14:18), El the God of Israel (33:20), El Roi (16:13), and El Shaddai. Most of these (except El Shaddai) are tied to specific Israelite shrines.
- 35:8 Allon-bacuth: the Hebrew name means “oak of weeping.”
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