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Jacob Returns to Bethel

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

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Jacob’s Return to Bethel

Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

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And Jacob said to 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;

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And 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.

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and we will arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to the God that answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.

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Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone.”

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And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods that were in their hand, and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the terebinth that [is] by Shechem.

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So they gave Jacob all the foreign [a]gods which were in their hands, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem.

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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.

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And they journeyed, and the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

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And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

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So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

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And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God had appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

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And he built an altar there and called the place [b]El Bethel, because there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

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And Deborah, Rebecca's nurse, died; and she was buried beneath Bethel, under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.

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Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the terebinth tree. So the name of it was called [c]Allon Bachuth.

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Jacob is Named Israel

And God appeared to Jacob again after he had come from Padan-Aram, and blessed him.

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Then God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and blessed him.

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And God said to him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called his name Israel.

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And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name.” So He called his name Israel.

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And God said to him, I am the Almighty God: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee; and kings shall come out of thy loins.

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Also God said to him: “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.

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

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The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land.”

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

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Then God went[d] up from him in the place where He talked with him.

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And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had talked with him, a pillar of stone, and poured on it a drink-offering, and poured oil on it.

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So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it.

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And Jacob called the name of the place where God had talked with him, Beth-el.

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

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Benjamin is Born, Rachel Dies

And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing.

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Death of Rachel

Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor.

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And it came to pass when it went hard with her in her childbearing, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.

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Now it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, “Do not fear; you will have this son also.”

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And it came to pass as her soul was departing -- for she died -- that she called his name Benoni; but his father called him Benjamin.

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And so it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name [e]Ben-Oni; but his father called him [f]Benjamin.

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

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

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

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And Jacob set a pillar on her grave, which is the pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.

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And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent on the other side of Migdal-Eder.

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Then Israel journeyed and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

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The Sons of Jacob

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 of it. And the sons of Jacob were twelve.

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And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard about it.
Jacob’s Twelve Sons

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

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

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the sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;

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The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

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the sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin;

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And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant: Dan and Naphtali.

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the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant, were Dan and Naphtali;

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And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob that were born to him in Padan-Aram.

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and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Padan Aram.

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The Death of Isaac

And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre -- to Kirjath-Arba, which is Hebron; where Abraham had sojourned, and Isaac.

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Death of Isaac

Then Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kirjath Arba[g] (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had dwelt.

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And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.

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Now the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years.

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And Isaac expired and died, and was gathered to his peoples, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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So Isaac breathed his last and died, and was [h]gathered to his people, being old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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Genesis 35

Genesis 35