Genesis 35

1 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

2 So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

3 Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

4 So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

5 As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

6 So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

7 There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.

8 Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.

9 After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

10 And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.

11 And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

12 The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”

13 Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.

14 So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.

15 Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

16 Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.

17 During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”

18 And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

20 Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.

21 Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.

22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

23 The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

24 The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

25 The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.

26 And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

27 Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

28 And Isaac lived 180 years.

29 Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

1 ¶ And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and be clean, and change your garments:

3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in their hand, and [all their] earrings which [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem.

5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that [were] round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

6 ¶ So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan, that [is], Bethel, he and all the people that [were] with him.

7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

10 And God said unto him, Thy name [is] Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

11 And God said unto him, I [am] God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, [even] a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.

16 ¶ And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.

19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.

20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that [is] the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

21 ¶ And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard [it]. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:

26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these [are] the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.

27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which [is] Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, [being] old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar unto God, which appeared unto thee, when thou fledst from thy brother Esau.

2 And Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him: Put away the strange gods that are among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments.

3 And let us arise, and go to Bethel, that I may make there an altar unto God, which heard me in the time of my affliction, and was with me in the way which I went.

4 And they gave him all the strange gods that were under their hands, and their earrings; and he buried them under an oak that stood by Shechem.

5 And they went out. And the fear of God came upon the cities that were round about them, that they pursued not after the sons of Jacob.

6 So Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan, which is called Bethel, and all the people that were with him,

7 And he built there an altar, and called the name of the place Elbethel: because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from his brother.

8 And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and was buried under Bethel, under the oak tree, and was called the Lamentation oak.

9 And God appeared unto Jacob again after he was come out of Mesopotamia, and blessed him.

10 And he said unto him, Thou shalt be called Jacob; but thou shalt no more be called Jacob, but Israel shalt thou be called. And so they called him Israel.

11 And God said unto him, I am the Almighty God: be fruitful, and multiply: nations and multitudes shall come of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins. 12; And the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac will I give thee, and will give it unto thy seed after thee.

13 So God departed from him, from the place where he had spoken with him.

14 And Jacob set up a stone mark in the place where he had spoken unto him, and poured drink offerings upon it, and poured oil upon it.

15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake unto him Bethel.

16 And they departed from Bethel. And there was a little way from Ephrath, where Rachel bare.

17 And she was sore at the birth. And when she was so sore in childbirth, the wailing mother said unto her: Fear not, for this son you shall have also.

18 And when her soul was gone out to die, she called his name Benoni: but his father called his name Benjamin.

19 So Rachel died, and was buried by the way of Ephrath, which is now called Bethlehem.

20 And Jacob set up a mark over her sepulchre: the same is the sepulchre of Rachel unto this day.

21 And Israel went out, and pitched a tent beyond the tower of Eder.

22 And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in the land, that Reuben went and slept with Bilhah his father's concubine: and it came to pass before Israel. And Jacob had twelve sons.

23 And the sons of Leah were these: Reuben the firstborn son of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

24 And the sons of Rachel were: Joseph and Benjamin.

25 The sons of Bilhah Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Naphtali.

26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born unto him in Mesopotamia.

27 And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre, to the capital which is called Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac were strangers.

28 And Isaac was an hundred and eighty years old.

29 And he departed, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of life. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.