4089. 'I am the God of Bethel' means the Divine within the Natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'Bethel' as good as it exists within the ultimate degree of order, dealt with in 3729, and consequently within the natural, for the natural is the ultimate degree of order, it being that by which celestial and spiritual things are bounded. From this it is evident that 'the God of Bethel' means the Divine within the Natural. Since Bethel means good within the natural it also means cognitions of celestial things within it, for these are cognitions of good.

3729. 'And he called the name of [that] place Bethel' means the nature of the state. This is clear from the meaning of 'name' and 'calling the name' as the essential nature, dealt with in 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3006, 3421, and from the meaning of 'place' as state, dealt with in 2625, 2837, 3356, 3387. The nature of the state is what 'Bethel' means. In the original language Bethel means God's house, which is good as it exists in the ultimate degree of order, see 3720.