Genesis 35:1 is God's direct command to build an altar at Bethel — the very altar Jacob constructs here in obedience.

Genesis 35:3 records Jacob's vow to build an altar to the God who answered him in distress — fulfilled here when he builds it.

Genesis 28:13 records the very revelation Jacob references here — God appearing at Bethel when Jacob fled from Esau.

Genesis 28:19 is where Jacob first named the place Bethel; here he adds 'El-' to create El-bethel, extending that original naming.

Genesis 28:22 records Jacob's vow that this place would be God's house — the commitment he now honors by building this altar.

Genesis 28:15 is God's promise at Bethel to stay with Jacob — the very appearance Jacob commemorates here by building the altar.

In Genesis 31:13, God says 'I am the God of Bethel,' directly referencing the theophany Jacob now commemorates with this altar.

Jacob tells Joseph 'God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz' — directly citing the same Bethel theophany commemorated by this altar.

Gideon similarly builds an altar and names it with a divine title — 'Jehovah-shalom' — after encountering God, echoing Jacob's naming of 'El-beth-el'.

In Exodus 17:15, Moses also builds an altar and names it to commemorate God's mighty act — the same pattern of commemorative naming.

Ezekiel 48:35 names the future city 'The LORD is there' — same impulse to name a location after God's presence, as Jacob names this place 'El-beth-el'.