I am the God of Bethel, where you poured oil on the stone marker and made a solemn vow to me. Get up, leave this land, and return to your native land.” ’
Then Jacob said, ‘God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, “Go back to your land and to your family, and I will cause you to prosper,”
Jacob built an altar there and called the place El-bethel because it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.