Torah15 min
The Angel of Bethel: I Am the God Who Met You
Genesis Genesis 31:1-21
The angel who appears in Jacob's dream at Genesis 31:11-13 names himself by his place — anokhi ha-El Beit-El — and reframes Jacob's earlier pouring of oil on the stone-pillar as an act of anointing. The verb that surfaces in Genesis only at this verse is the one that will name Israel's priests, kings, and Messiah.