Genesis 35:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.”
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BSBPD
“Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth–el.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and Jacob calleth the name of the place where God spake with him Bethel.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 35:15 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 28:19and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
- Genesis 35:1Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
- Genesis 35:7There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
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