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Deborah, the nurse of Rebekah, died there, and she was buried below Bethel, beneath an oak. This is why that place is called the Weeping Oak.

God appeared another time to Jacob, when he returned from Paddan-aram, and he blessed him. 10 God said to him,

“Your name is Jacob.
    You shall no longer be called Jacob,
    but Israel shall be your name.”

Thus, he was called Israel.

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