Jacob at Ephrath and Edar

Jacob and his company came to Bethel, the house of God. Here in keeping with his vow he built an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: "because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother." Here at Bethel, after the vow had been payed and the household had been ordered to put away the strange gods, to be clean, and to change its garments, God appeared unto Jacob again and said, "Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy...