Genesis 28:19 meaning and explanation
and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
Genesis 28:19, Berean Standard Bible
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Jacob has just woken from his dream of the ladder reaching to heaven, and he is alone, fleeing his brother Esau with only a stone for a pillow. He names the spot Bethel, which in Hebrew means house of God, because he recognized that the LORD had been present there though he had not known it.
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