# El [Bethel](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/bethel)

Translators may add a footnote that says: "The name El [Bethel](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/bethel) means 'God of [Bethel](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/bethel).'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# there God had revealed himself to him

"there God made himself known to [Jacob](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jacob)"