Genesis 35:15

New American Bible - revised edition

Jacob named the place where God spoke to him Bethel. Jacob’s Family.

Cross References

Genesis 28:19

He named that place Bethel, whereas the former name of the town had been Luz.

Genesis 35:1

God said to Jacob: Go up now to Bethel. Settle there and build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.

Genesis 35:16

Then they departed from Bethel; but while they still had some distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel went into labor and suffered great distress.

Genesis 35:7

There he built an altar and called the place El-Bethel, for it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.