Jacob Returns to Bethel

1And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to the place, Baethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to the God that appeared to thee, when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2And Jacob said to his house, and to all that were with him, Remove the strange gods that are with you from the midst of you, and purify yourselves, and change your clothes. 3And let us rise and go up to Baethel, and let us there make an alter to God who hearkened to me in the day of calamity, who was with me, and preserved me throughout in the journey, by which I went. 4And they gave to Jacob the strange gods, which were in their hands, and the ear-rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the turpentine tree which is in Secima, and destroyed them to this day.

5So Israel departed from Secima, and the fear of God was upon the cities round about them, and they did not pursue after the children of Israel. 6And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, which is Baethel, he and all the people that were with him. 7And he built there an altar, and called the name of the place Baethel; for there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother Esau. 8And Deborrha, Rebecca's nurse, died, and was buried below Baethel under the oak; and Jacob called its name, The Oak of Mourning.

9And God appeared to Jacob once more in Luza, when he came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and God blessed him.

10And God said to him, Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his name Israel.

11And God said to him, I am thy God; increase and multiply; for nations and gatherings of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

12And the land which I gave to Abraam and Isaac, I have given it to thee; and it shall come to pass that I will give this land also to thy seed after thee.

13And God went up from him from the place where he spoke with him. 14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God spoke with him, even a pillar of stone; and offered a libation upon it, and poured oil upon it. 15And Jacob called the name of the place in which God spoke with him, Baethel.

Benjamin Born, Rachel Dies

16 And Jacob removed from Baethel, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader, and it came to pass when he drew nigh to Chabratha, to enter into Ephratha, Rachel travailed; and in her travail she was in hard labour. 17And it came to pass in her hard labour, that the midwife said to her, Be of good courage, for thou shalt also have this son. 18And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his father called his name Benjamin. 19So Rachel died, and was buried in the way of the course of Ephratha, this is Bethleem. 20And Jacob set up a pillar on her tomb; this is the pillar on the tomb of Rachel, until this day.

The Sons of Jacob

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22(35:21) And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Ruben went and lay with Balla, the concubine of his father Jacob; and Israel heard, and the thing appeared grievous before him. (35:22) And the sons of Jacob were twelve. 23The sons of Lea, the first-born of Jacob; Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Zabulon. 24And the sons of Rachel; Joseph and Benjamin. 25And the sons of Balla, the hand-maid of Rachel; Dan and Nephthalim. 26And the sons of Zelpha, the hand-maid of Lea; Gad and Aser. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.

The Death of Isaac

27And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mambre, to a city of the plain; this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan, where Abraam and Isaac sojourned.

28And the days of Isaac which he lived were an hundred and eighty years. 29And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was laid to his family, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.