Genesis 35:15
13 Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.
14 So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.
Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
16 Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
17 During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
- KJV
- And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
- WEB
- Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel”.
- ASV
- And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
- DARBY
- And Jacob called the name of the place where God had talked with him, Beth-el.
- BLB
- And Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
- ÅB
- Og Jakob kalte det sted hvor Gud hadde talt med ham, Betel.
- OTB
- Jakob kalte stedet hvor Gud hadde talt med ham Betel.
- B1930
- Og Jakob kalte det sted hvor Gud hadde talt med ham, Betel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 28:19
and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
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