“And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth–el.”
Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel. The renaming of Bethel — it was already named Bethel in Genesis 28:19 — is the confirmation of the name: the place is still, and forever, the house of God. The application: the covenant places retain their names across time. Bethel is Bethel, whatever else has happened in between.
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