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Fulfilling an Old Vow
Commentators explain that this is the second time Jacob names this place Bethel. This act is a confirmation and fulfillment of the vow he made to God decades earlier when fleeing his brother. By building an altar and setting up a pillar, he is now faithfully establishing the location as a formal "house of God" as he had promised.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 35:1–29
18th Century
Theologian
8. דברה deborâh — Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.”
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Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 35:15
19th Century
Bishop
Jacob called ... — See Genesis 28:19. The name had, of course, remained unknown and unused, as what had then occurred had been con…
John Gill
On Genesis 35:15
17th Century
Pastor
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with
him, Bethel .
] He confir…
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Matthew Henry
On Genesis 35:6–15
17th Century
Minister
The comfort the saints have in holy ordinances is not so much from Beth-el, the house of God, as from El-beth-el, the God of the house. The ordinan…