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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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Jacob Returns to Bethel

Then 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.”

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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, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.

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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 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.”

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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 Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at 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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Then they set out, and the terror of God fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.

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

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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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There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel,a because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing 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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Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak outside Bethel. So it was named Allon Bakuth.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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After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram,c God appeared to him again 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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God said to him, “Your name is Jacob,d but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.e” So he named him 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 Almightyf; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.

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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 I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants 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 at the place where he had talked 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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Jacob 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.

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

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Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.g

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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 moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.

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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 as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t despair, 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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As she breathed her last — for she was dying — she named her son Ben-Oni.h But his father named him Benjamin.i

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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 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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Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel’s tomb.

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

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Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal 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 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:

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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 the firstborn of Jacob,
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 Rachel’s servant Bilhah:
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 Leah’s servant Zilpah:
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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Jacob came home to his father Isaac in Mamre, near Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

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

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Isaac lived a hundred and eighty 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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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.

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