7. There he built an altar and called the place El-Bethel, for it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
8. Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died. She was buried under the oak below Bethel, and so it was named Allon-bacuth.
9. On Jacob’s arrival from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
10. God said to him:Your name is Jacob.You will no longer be named Jacob,but Israel will be your name.So he was named Israel.
11. Then God said to him: I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed an assembly of nations, will stem from you, and kings will issue from your loins.