Bethel בֵּית־אֵל

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Mar 21, 2025 · 4m

We are still in chapter 28 of Genesis, and we find our word for today is used for the first time in the Bible. It is also a name which as we have seen has more meaning to it than we usually realize. בֵּית־אֵל Bethel. It is used 72 times in the Old Testament. It is actually a compound word made up of two words. בֵּית which the word for house and אֵל God. This is how Jacob describes why he named it this way. Genesis 28:18-19 So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. He called the name of that place…