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

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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“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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Then God went[d] up from him in the place where He 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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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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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 called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.

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

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

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

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

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

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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 Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin;

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the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;

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

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

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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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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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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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Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre of 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 one hundred and eighty years.

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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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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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Genesis 35

Genesis 35