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

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

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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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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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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 was buried under the oak outside Bethel. So it was named Allon Bakuth.b

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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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After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram,c God appeared to him again and 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,d but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.e” So he named 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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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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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 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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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 at the place where he had talked 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 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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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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Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.g

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

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

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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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Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.

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

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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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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 the firstborn of Jacob,
Simeon, Levi, Judah, 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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The sons of Rachel’s servant Bilhah:
Dan and Naphtali.

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

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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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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 home to his father Isaac in Mamre, near Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

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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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Isaac lived a hundred and eighty years.

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Now the days of Isaac were 180 years.

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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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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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