Genesis 35:15
13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
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 the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
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