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1 God said to Jacob,
“Arise, go up
to Bethel, and
live there. Make
there an altar
to God, who
appeared to you
when you fled
from the face
of Esau
your brother.”
2 Then
Jacob said to his
household, and to
all who were
with him, “Put
away the
foreign gods that
are among you,
purify yourselves,
and change your
garments.
3 Let’s
arise, and go
up to Bethel.
I will make
there an altar
to God, who
answered me in
the day of
my distress, and
was with me
on the way
which I went.”
4 They
gave to Jacob
all the
foreign gods which
were in their
hands, and the
rings which were
in their ears; and
Jacob hid them
under the oak
which was by
Shechem.
5 They
traveled, and a
terror of God
was on the
cities that were
around them, and
they didn’t pursue
the sons of
Jacob.
6 So
Jacob came to
Luz (that is,
Bethel), which is
in the land of
Canaan, he and
all the people
who were with
him.
7 He
built an altar
there, and called
the place El Beth El;
because there God
was revealed to
him, when he
fled from the
face of
his brother.
8 Deborah,
Rebekah’s nurse,
died, and she
was buried below
Bethel under
the oak; and its
name was
called Allon Bacuth.
9 God appeared
to Jacob again,
when he came from
Paddan Aram, and
blessed him.
10 God
said to him, “Your
name is Jacob.
Your name shall
not be Jacob
any more, but
your name will
be Israel.” He
named him Israel.
11 God said
to him, “I
am God Almighty.
Be fruitful and
multiply. A nation
and a company
of nations will
be from you,
and kings will
come out of
your body.
12 The land
which I gave
to Abraham and
Isaac, I will
give it to
you, and to
your offspring
after you I
will give
the land.”
13 God went
up from him
in the place
where he spoke
with him.
14 Jacob
set up a
pillar in the
place where he
spoke with him,
a pillar of stone.
He poured out
a drink offering
on it, and
poured oil on
it.
15 Jacob
called the name
of the place
where God spoke
with him “Bethel”.
16 They
traveled from
Bethel. There was
still some
distance to come
to Ephrath, and
Rachel travailed. She
had hard labor.
17 When
she was in
hard labor, the
midwife said to
her, “Don’t be
afraid, for now
you will have
another son.”
18 As
her soul was
departing (for she
died), she named
him Benoni,
but his father
named him
Benjamin.
19 Rachel
died, and was
buried on the
way to Ephrath (also
called Bethlehem).
20 Jacob
set up a
pillar on her
grave. The same
is the Pillar
of Rachel’s grave
to this day.
21 Israel
traveled, and
spread his tent
beyond the tower
of Eder.
22 While
Israel lived in
that land, Reuben
went and lay
with Bilhah, his
father’s concubine,
and Israel heard
of it.
Now the sons
of Jacob were
twelve.
23 The
sons of Leah:
Reuben (Jacob’s
firstborn), Simeon,
Levi, Judah,
Issachar, and
Zebulun.
24 The
sons of Rachel:
Joseph and
Benjamin.
25 The
sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan
and Naphtali.
26 The
sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad
and Asher. These are
the sons of
Jacob, who were
born to him
in Paddan Aram.
27 Jacob came
to Isaac
his father, to
Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which
is Hebron),
where Abraham and
Isaac lived as
foreigners.
28 The
days of Isaac
were one hundred
eighty years.
29 Isaac gave
up the spirit and
died, and
was gathered to
his people, old
and full of
days. Esau and
Jacob, his sons,
buried him.