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English Standard Version

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 (English Standard Version)

12 The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.”
13 Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him.
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.
17 And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for you have another son.”
18 And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.

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Genesis 16 (English Standard Version)

10 The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”
11 And the angel of the Lord said to her,
“Behold, you are pregnant
and shall bear a son.
You shall call his name Ishmael,
because the Lord has listened to your affliction.
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.
15 And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

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Free Bible Version

Bethel means "house of God":

Jacob called the place Bethel, because he had spoken with God there.

Genesis 35:15

Hagar called the Lord who spoke to her, You are the God who sees me.

Genesis 16:13

Genesis 35 (Free Bible Version)

12 I will give to you and to your descendants the land I also gave to Abraham and Isaac.”
13 Then God left the place where he had been speaking to Jacob.
14 Afterwards Jacob set up a stone pillar where God had spoken with him. He poured out a drink offering on it, and also olive oil.
15 Jacob called the place Bethel, because he had spoken with God there.
16 Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor and had great difficulty giving birth.
17 When she was in the worst birth-pains, the midwife told her, “Don't give up—you have another son!”
18 But she was dying, and with her last breath she named him Benoni. But his father named him Benjamin.

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Genesis 16 (Free Bible Version)

10 Then he continued, “I will give you many, many descendants—in fact they'll be so many they can't be counted.”
11 The angel of the Lord went on to tell her: “Listen! You're pregnant, and you will have a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard how you've suffered.
12 He'll be a wild donkey kind of man—he will fight with everyone, and everyone will fight with him. He will forever be fighting with his relatives.”
13 From then on Hagar called the Lord who spoke to her, “You are the God who sees me,” because she said, “Here I saw the one who sees me.”
14 That's why the well is called “the Well of the Living One who Sees Me.” It's still there, between Kadesh and Bered.
15 Hagar gave birth to a son for Abram. Abram named his son Ishmael.
16 Abram was 86 when Hagar had Ishmael.

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