Jacob named the place where God spoke with him Beth-El.
He called the name of that place Beth-El (though originally the city’s name was Luz).
Then they traveled from Beth-El, and while they were still a distance from entering Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, but her labor was difficult.
Then God said to Jacob, “Get up! Go up to Beth-El and stay there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
He built an altar there and called the place El-Beth-El because God had revealed Himself to him there when he fled from the presence of his brother.
