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God said to Jacob, "
Arise, go up to Bethel, and live
there. Make
there
an altar to God ,
who appeared to you when you fled from the
face
of
Esau
your brother. "
Then
God said to Jacob, “
Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle
there. Build
an altar there
to the
God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau
. ”
Then
Jacob said
to
his household ,
and to
all who were with him, "Put
away
the foreign gods that are among you ,
purify yourselves ,
change your garments.
So
Jacob told
his household and all who were with him, “Get
rid
of
the foreign gods that are among you .
Purify yourselves and
change your garments.
Let us arise ,
and go up
to Bethel. I will make
there
an altar to God, who answered me in the
day of my
distress ,
and
was
with me in
the
way
which
I went
. "
Then
let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build
an altar there
to God, who answered me in my
day of distress .
He
has
been
with me wherever
I have
gone
. ”
They gave to
Jacob all the
foreign gods which
were
in
their
hands,
and the
rings
which
were
in
their ears;
and Jacob hid
them under the oak which
was
by
Shechem.
So
they gave Jacob all their
foreign gods and all
their earrings,
and Jacob buried
them under the oak near
Shechem.
They traveled:
and
a terror of
God was
on
the cities that
were
round
about
them
, and
they didn't
pursue the
sons of
Jacob
.
As
they set
out,
a terror from
God fell
over
the surrounding
cities, so
that
they did
not
pursue Jacob’s
sons.
So Jacob came
to
Luz ,
which
is in the land of Canaan (the
same
is
Bethel),
he
and
all
the
people
who
were
with
him
.
So Jacob and
everyone
with
him
arrived
in
Luz (that
is ,
Bethel)
in the land of Canaan.
He
built an altar there
, and called the
place El Beth
El;
because there God was
revealed to him,
when
he fled from the
face
of
his brother.
There
Jacob
built an altar, and he
called that
place El -bethel,
because it
was
there that
God had
revealed Himself
to Jacob
as
he fled from his brother.
Deborah, Rebekah's
nurse, died ,
and she
was buried below
Bethel
under the oak ;
and
the
name
of
it was
called
Allon Bacuth
.
Now
Deborah, Rebekah’s
nurse, died and was buried under the oak below
Bethel.
So
Jacob
named
it Allon -bachuth
.
God
appeared
to
Jacob again,
when
he
came
from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.
After
Jacob had
returned
from Paddan -
aram, God
appeared
to
him
again
and blessed him.
God said to him, "
Your name is Jacob .
Your
name
shall
not
be Jacob any
more
, but
your name will be Israel. "
He
named him Israel.
And
God said to him, “Though
your name is Jacob ,
you
will
no
longer
be called
Jacob .
Instead
, your name will be Israel. ”
So
God
named him Israel.
God said
to
him, "
I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and
a company of nations will
be
from you, and kings will
come
out
of
your
loins
.
And
God told
him, “
I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation —even
a company of nations —shall
come
from you, and kings shall
descend
from
you
.
The land which
I gave to Abraham and Isaac ,
I will give it
to you, and to your seed
after you will
I
give
the
land
. "
The land that
I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I
will
give
this
land
to your descendants
after you. ”
God went up from him
in
the place where he spoke
with him.
Then
God went up from the place where He had
spoken
with him.
Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he
spoke
with him ,
a pillar
of
stone .
He poured out a drink -
offering on it ,
and poured
oil
on
it.
So
Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God
had
spoken
with him —
a stone marker—and
he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed
it with
oil
.
Jacob called the name
of
the
place where God spoke
with him "
Bethel. "
Jacob called the place where God had
spoken
with him Bethel.
They traveled
from Bethel .
There
was
still some distance to
come
to
Ephrath, and
Rachel travailed.
She
had
hard
labor.
Later,
they set
out
from Bethel ,
and
while
they
were
still some distance from
Ephrath, Rachel began
to
give
birth,
and
her
labor was
difficult
.
It
happened
that,
when
she
was
in
hard
labor, that
the midwife said to her, "Don't
be afraid, for now
you will
have
another son. "
During
her
severe
labor, the midwife said to her, “Do
not
be afraid, for you are
having
another son. ”
It
happened,
as
her soul
was
departing
(
for she died),
that
she named him Ben-oni ,
but his father named
him Benjamin.
And
with
her last
breath—
for she was
dying—
she named him Ben-oni .
But his father called
him Benjamin.
Rachel died ,
and was buried in
the way to Ephrath ( the
same
is Bethlehem).
So
Rachel died and was buried on
the way to Ephrath ( that
is ,
Bethlehem).
Jacob set up a pillar on her grave .
The
same
is
the
Pillar
of
Rachel's
grave
to this day.
Jacob set up a pillar on her grave ;
it
marks
Rachel’s
tomb
to this day.
Israel traveled,
and spread
his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
Israel again
set
out
and pitched
his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.
It
happened,
while Israel lived
in that land
, that
Reuben went and lay
with Bilhah,
his father's
concubine, and Israel heard of
it. Now
the
sons
of
Jacob were
twelve .
While Israel was
living
in that region
, Reuben went in
and slept
with his father’s
concubine Bilhah
, and Israel heard about
it. Jacob had
twelve sons:
The sons of Leah :
Reuben (Jacob's
firstborn )
, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
The sons of Leah were
Reuben the
firstborn of
Jacob
, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
The sons of Rachel :
Joseph and Benjamin.
The sons of Rachel were
Joseph and Benjamin.
The sons of Bilhah (Rachel's
handmaid):
Dan and Naphtali.
The sons of Rachel’s
maidservant
Bilhah were
Dan and Naphtali.
The sons of Zilpah (Leah's
handmaid):
Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
And
the sons of Leah’s
maidservant
Zilpah were
Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan -
aram.
Jacob came
to Isaac
his father ,
to
Mamre, to
Kiriath Arba ( the
same
is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived
as
foreigners
.
Jacob returned
to his father Isaac
at
Mamre, near
Kiriath -
arba ( that
is ,
Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had
stayed
.
The
days
of
Isaac were
one
hundred
eighty
years.
And
Isaac lived
180
years.
Isaac
gave
up
the
spirit,
and died ,
and was gathered to his people, old and full of days
. Esau
and Jacob,
his sons ,
buried him.
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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