Genesis 35:15

New International Reader's Version

Jacob named the place Bethel. That’s where God had talked with him.

Cross References

Genesis 28:19

He named that place Bethel. But the city used to be called Luz.

Genesis 35:1

Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel and live there. Build an altar there to honor me. That’s where I appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau.”

Genesis 35:16

They moved on from Bethel. Ephrath wasn’t very far away when Rachel began to have a baby. She was having a very hard time of it.

Genesis 35:7

Jacob built an altar at Luz. He named the place El Bethel. There God made himself known to Jacob when he was running away from his brother.