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⛶The Word for Friday, 16 October 2026

en The Word for Friday, 16 October 2026

Bethel means "house of God":

Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

Genesis 35:15

Hagar called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing.”

Genesis 16:13

Genesis 35

14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it.

15 So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor.

12 He shall be a wild donkey of a man,
his hand against everyone
and everyone's hand against him,
and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”

13 So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.”

14 Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.