Genesis 35
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1Later, God told Jacob, "Get up, move to Bethel, and live there. Build an altar to the God who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau."1Then God said to Jacob, "Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau."
2Jacob announced to his household and to everyone with him, "Throw away the foreign gods that you've kept among you, purify yourselves, and change your clothes. 2So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.
3Then let's get up and go to Bethel, where I'll build an altar to the God who answered me when I was in distress and who was with me on the road, wherever I went."3Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone."
4So they handed over to Jacob all their foreign gods on which they had been depending, along with the rings that they were wearing on their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak that grew near Shechem. 4So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem.
5As they set out on their journey, because the people who lived in the cities around them feared God, they did not pursue Jacob's sons.5Then they set out, and the terror of God fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.
6Eventually, Jacob and everyone with him arrived at Luz (also called Beth-el) in the territory of Canaan. 6Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
7He built an altar there to God and named the place El Beth-el, because God had revealed himself there when he was fleeing from his brother. 7There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel, because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
8Rebekah's nurse Deborah died and was buried there, under the oak tree that was below Beth-el. That's why the place was named Allon-bacuth. 8Now Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak outside Bethel. So it was named Allon Bakuth.
9God appeared again to Jacob after he had arrived from Paddan-aram and blessed him.9After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
10Then God told him, "Your name is Jacob. No longer are you to be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel." So God called his name Israel 10God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel." So he named him Israel.
11and also told him, "I am God Almighty. You are to be fruitful and multiply. You will become a nation— in fact, an assembly of nations! Kings will come from you— they'll emerge from your own loins!11And God said to him, "I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.
12Now as for the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I'm giving it to you and to your descendants who come after you. I'm giving the land to you!"12The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you."
13After this, God ascended from the place where he had been speaking to him. 13Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him.
14Jacob erected a pillar of stone at that very place where God had spoken to him. He poured a drink offering over it, anointed it with oil, 14Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.
15and named the place where God had spoken to him Beth-el.15Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.
16Later, they set out from Beth-el. While still a long way from Ephrathah, Rachel started to have trouble giving birth. 16Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.
17While she was suffering due to her difficult labor, the midwife told her, "Don't fear! You're going to have another son."17And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, "Don't despair, for you have another son."
18Just before she died, Rachel called her son's name Ben-oni, but his father Jacob named him Benjamin.18As she breathed her last--for she was dying--she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.
19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrathah, also known as Bethlehem. 19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
20Jacob erected a pillar over her grave, and that pillar stands over Rachel's grave to this day.20Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel's tomb.
21Jacob continued his travels, and eventually pitched his tent facing Migdal Eder. 21Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.
22But while Israel lived in that land, Reuben went inside his father's tent and had sexual relations with his father's concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Now Jacob had twelve sons. 22While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father's concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it. Jacob had twelve sons:
23Leah's sons were Reuben (Jacob's first-born), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. 23The sons of Leah: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.
24Rachel's sons were Joseph and Benjamin. 24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
25Rachel's servant Bilhah's sons were Dan and Naphtali. 25The sons of Rachel's servant Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali.
26Leah's servant Zilpah's sons were Gad and Asher. These were Jacob's sons who were born to him while he lived in Paddan-aram. 26The sons of Leah's servant Zilpah: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
27So Jacob reached his father Isaac at Mamre, in Kiriath-arba (also known as Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived. 27Jacob came home to his father Isaac in Mamre, near Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
28Isaac had lived a total of 180 years 28Isaac lived a hundred and eighty years.
29when he died and joined his ancestors at a ripe old age. Then his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.29Then 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.
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