35:1 Then 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.”
35:2 So 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.
35:3 Then 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.”
35:4 So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem.
35:5 Then they set out, and the terror of God fell upon the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.
35:6 Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
35:7 There 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.
35:8 Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So it was named Allon Bacuth.
35:9 After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
35:10 God 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.
35:11 And 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 come from your body.
35:12 The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”
35:13 Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him.
35:14 Jacob 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.
35:15 Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.
35:16 Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.
35:17 And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you have another son.”
35:18 As she breathed her last–for she was dying–she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.
35:19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
35:20 Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel’s tomb.
35:21 Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.
35:22 While 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:
35:23 The sons of Leah: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.
35:24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
35:25 The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali.
35:26 The sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
35:27 Jacob came home to his father Isaac in Mamre, near Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
35:28 Isaac lived a hundred and eighty years.
35:29 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.
35:1 And God said to Jacob, Rise up, go up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.
35:2 Then 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.
35:3 And let us rise up and go up to Bethel, that I may make an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.
35:4 So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak that was near Shechem.
35:5 And as they journeyed, the terror of God was upon the cities that were around them, so they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
35:6 And Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
35:7 And 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.
35:8 And Deborah, Rebekah s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; so its name was called Allon-bacuth.
35:9 And God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram and blessed him.
35:10 And God said to him, Your name is Jacob; / Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, / But Israel shall be your name. Thus He called his name Israel.
35:11 And God said to him, I am the All-sufficient God: / Be fruitful and multiply; / A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, / And kings shall come forth from your loins.
35:12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, / I will give to you; / And I will give the land to your seed after you.
35:13 Then God went up from him in the place where He had spoken with him.
35:14 And 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 and poured oil on it.
35:15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
35:16 And they journeyed from Bethel. And while there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth; and she had hard labor.
35:17 And while she was in hardest labor, the midwife said to her, Do not be afraid, for now you have another son.
35:18 And as her soul was departing (for she died), she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.
35:19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
35:20 And Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel s grave, which is there to this day.
35:21 And Israel journeyed and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
35:22 And while Israel dwelt 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:
35:23 The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob s firstborn, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun.
35:24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
35:25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel s female servant: Dan and Naphtali.
35:26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah s female servant: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
35:27 And Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.
35:28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.
35:29 And Isaac expired and died and was gathered to his people, an old man and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.