“I am the God of Beth–el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.”
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land. The self-identification — I am the God of Bethel — grounds the command in the covenant encounter of Genesis 28. The vow Jacob made at Bethel is now being called to completion. The application: God remembers the vows you made at your Bethel. The command to leave comes connected to your covenant beginning.
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