John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 35:15

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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, (<012822>Genesis 28:22), both building an altar for sacrifice, and setting up a pillar, which was beginning an house for God.

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