Genesis 35:15

15 Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.^[a]

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Genesis 35:15 in Other Translations

KJV

15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.

ESV

15 So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

NLT

15 And Jacob named the place Bethel (which means “house of God”), because God had spoken to him there.

MSG

15 Jacob dedicated the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel (God's-House).

CSB

15 Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

Genesis 35:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 35:15

And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with
him, Bethel.
] He confirmed the name he had before given it, when he went to Mesopotamia, and now upon his return renews and establishes it; or he gave this name more especially to that particular spot where God conversed with him, and on which he erected a pillar, and consecrated it to religious worship, and so made it God's house, as he promised he would, ( Genesis 28:22 ) , both building an altar for sacrifice, and setting up a pillar, which was beginning an house for God.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 35:15 In-Context

13 Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him.

14 Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.

15 Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.

16 Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.

17 And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.”

Cross References 1

1. S Genesis 12:8; Genesis 28:19

Footnotes 1

[a]. "Bethel" means "house of God."