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Jacob Moves to Bethel

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

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God Blesses and Renames Jacob

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

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So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods which are among you, and purify yourselves and change your garments;

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So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.

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and 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 wherever I have gone.”

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Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.”

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So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.

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So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree that was near Shechem.

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As they journeyed, there was a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

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And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

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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 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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He built an altar there, and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled from his brother.

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and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel,a because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.

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

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And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.b

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Jacob Is Named Israel

Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He blessed him.

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God appearedc to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.

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God said to him,
“Your name is Jacob;
You shall no longer be called Jacob,
But Israel shall be your name.”
Thus He called him Israel.

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And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel.

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God also said to him,
“I am God Almighty;
Be fruitful and multiply;
A nation and a company of nations shall come from you,
And kings shall come forth from you.

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And God said to him, “I am God Almighty:d be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.e

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“The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac,
I will give it to you,
And I will give the land to your descendants after you.”

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The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.”

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

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Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him.

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

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

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So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel.

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So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

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Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and she suffered severe labor.

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The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac

Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distancef from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor.

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When she was in severe labor the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for now you have another son.”

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And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for you have another son.”

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It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.

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And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni;g but his father called him Benjamin.h

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

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

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Jacob set up a pillar over her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.

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and Jacob set up a pillar over her tomb. It is the pillar of Rachel’s tomb, which is there to this day.

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

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

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It came about while Israel was dwelling in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it.

The Sons of Israel

Now there were twelve sons of Jacob —

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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.

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

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The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), 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: Joseph and Benjamin.

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and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid: Dan and Naphtali;

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The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant: Dan and Naphtali.

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

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The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

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Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.

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And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.

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

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Now the days of Isaac were 180 years.

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Isaac breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, an old man of ripe age; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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

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