And Jacob named the place Bethel.
At first, the name of that city was Luz, but Jacob named it Bethel.
God said to Jacob, “Go to the city of Bethel and live there. Make an altar to the God who appeared to you there when you were running away from your brother Esau.”
Jacob and his group left Bethel. Before they came to Ephrath, Rachel began giving birth to her baby,
There Jacob built an altar and named the place Bethel, after God, because God had appeared to him there when he was running from his brother.
