| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New International Version |
| 1Then 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." | 1Then 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." |
| 2So 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; | 2So 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. |
| 3and 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." | 3Then 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." |
| 4So 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. | 4So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem. |
| 5As they journeyed, there was a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. | 5Then they set out, and the terror of God fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them. |
| 6So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. | 6Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan. |
| 7He built an altar there, and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled from his brother. | 7There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel, because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother. |
| 8Now Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; it was named Allon-bacuth. | 8Now Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak outside Bethel. So it was named Allon Bakuth. |
| 9Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He blessed him. | 9After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him. |
| 10God 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. | 10God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel." So he named him Israel. |
| 11God 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. | 11And God said to him, "I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants. |
| 12"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." | 12The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you." |
| 13Then God went up from him in the place where He had spoken with him. | 13Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him. |
| 14Jacob 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. | 14Jacob 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. |
| 15So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel. | 15Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel. |
| 16Then 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. | 16Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty. |
| 17When she was in severe labor the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, for now you have another son." | 17And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, "Don't despair, for you have another son." |
| 18It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin. | 18As she breathed her last--for she was dying--she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin. |
| 19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). | 19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). |
| 20Jacob set up a pillar over her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day. | 20Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel's tomb. |
| 21Then Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder. | 21Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder. |
| 22It 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. Now there were twelve sons of Jacob-- | 22While 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: |
| 23the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, then Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun; | 23The sons of Leah: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, 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 maid: Dan and Naphtali; | 25The sons of Rachel's servant Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali. |
| 26and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram. | 26The sons of Leah's servant Zilpah: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram. |
| 27Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned. | 27Jacob came home to his father Isaac in Mamre, near Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed. |
| 28Now the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years. | 28Isaac lived a hundred and eighty years. |
| 29Isaac 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. | 29Then 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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