The Altar at Bethel

6So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

7There he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.

8And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel, under the oak. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.

9God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and he blessed him.

10And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel will be your name.” So he called his name Israel.

11And God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and an assembly of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your loins.”

12And the land that I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, I will give to you; and to your offspring after you I will give the land.

13Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him.

14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured out a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it.

15And Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him there, Bethel.