Genesis 35:15

15 Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel [House of God].

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.

Genesis 35:15 In-Context

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

14 So Jacob set up a memorial, a stone marker, to mark the place where God had spoken with him. He poured a wine offering and olive oil on it.

15 Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel [House of God].

16 Then they moved on from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor and was having severe labor pains.

17 During one of her pains, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid! You're having another son!"