(A)He built an altar there, and called the place [a]El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled [b]from his brother. Now (B)Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; it was named [c]Allon-bacuth.

Jacob Is Named Israel

Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He (C)blessed him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:7 I.e. the God of Bethel
  2. Genesis 35:7 Lit from the face of
  3. Genesis 35:8 I.e. oak of weeping