8. Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak tree at Bethel. They named that place Oak of Crying.
9. When Jacob came back from Northwest Mesopotamia, God appeared to him again. And God blessed him.
10. God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. But you will not be called Jacob any longer. Your new name will be Israel.” So he called him Israel.
11. God said to him, “I am God All-Powerful. Have many children and grow in number as a nation. You will be the ancestor of many nations and kings.
12. I gave Abraham and Isaac land. I will give that same land to you and your descendants.”
13. Then God left him.
14. Jacob set up a stone on edge in that place where God had talked to him. And he poured a drink offering and olive oil on it to make it special for God.