Genesis 35
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1And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.1God 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.”
2Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:2So 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.
3And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.3Then 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.”
4And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.4So 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.
5And 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.5And 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.
6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.6And Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him,
7And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.7and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.
8But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.8And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.
9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.9God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.
10And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.10And 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.
11And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;11And God 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 from your own body.
12And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.12The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.”
13And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.13Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him.
14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.14And 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.
15And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.15So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
16And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.16Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor.
17And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.17And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for you have another son.”
18And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.18And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.
19And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.19So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),
20And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.20and Jacob set up a pillar over her tomb. It is the pillar of Rachel’s tomb, which is there to this day.
21And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.21Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
22And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:22While 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.
23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:23The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
24The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
25And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:25The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant: Dan and Naphtali.
26And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.26The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
27And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.27And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.
28And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.28Now the days of Isaac were 180 years.
29And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.29And 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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