Genesis 35

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Verse 1

Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you [in a distinct manifestation] when you fled [years ago] from Esau your brother.”

And 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.

Verse 2

Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the [idols and images of] foreign gods that are among you, and ceremonially purify yourselves and change [into fresh] clothes;

Then 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:

Verse 3

then let us get up 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.”

And 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.

Verse 4

So they gave Jacob all the [idols and images of the] foreign gods they had and the rings which were in their ears [worn as charms against evil], and Jacob buried them under the ^[a]oak tree near Shechem.

And 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.

Verse 5

As they journeyed, there was a great [supernatural] terror [sent from God] on the cities around them, and [for that reason] the Canaanites did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

And 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.

Verse 6

So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

Verse 7

There he built an altar [to worship the Lord], and called the place El-bethel (God of the House of God), because there God had revealed Himself to him when he escaped from his brother.

And 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.

Verse 8

Now Deborah, [who once was] Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried below Bethel under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth (Oak of Weeping).

Jacob Is Named Israel

But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

Verse 9

Then God [in a visible manifestation] appeared to Jacob again when he came out of Paddan-aram, and declared a blessing on him.

And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

Verse 10

Again God said to him,

“Your name is Jacob;
You shall no longer be called Jacob,
But Israel shall be your name.”

So he was called ^[b]Israel.

And 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.

Verse 11

And God said to him,

“I am ^[c]God Almighty.
Be fruitful and multiply;
A nation and a company of nations shall come from you,
And kings shall be born of your ^[d]loins.

And 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;

Verse 12

“The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac
I will give to you,
and to your descendants after you I will give the land.”

And 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.

Verse 13

Then God ascended from Jacob in the place where He had spoken with him.

And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

Verse 14

Jacob set up a pillar (memorial, monument) in the place where he had talked with God, a pillar of stone, and he poured a drink offering [of wine] on it; he also poured oil on it [to declare it sacred for God’s purpose].

And 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.

Verse 15

So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel (the House of God).

And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.

Verse 16

Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath (Bethlehem), Rachel began to give birth and had difficulty and suffered severely.

And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

Verse 17

When she was in hard labor the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid; you now have another son.”

And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

Verse 18

And as her soul was departing, (for she died), she named him Ben-oni (son of my sorrow); but his father called him Benjamin (^[e]son of the right hand).

And 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.

Verse 19

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

Verse 20

Jacob set a pillar (memorial, monument) on her grave; that is the ^[f]pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.

And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

Verse 21

Then Israel (Jacob) journeyed on and pitched his tent on the other side of the tower of Eder [the lookout point used by shepherds].

And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

Verse 22

While Israel was living in that land, Reuben [his eldest son] went and lay with Bilhah his father’s ^[g]concubine, and Israel heard about it.

The Sons of Israel

Now Jacob had twelve sons—

And 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:

Verse 23

The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;

The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

Verse 24

and the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;

The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

Verse 25

and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid: Dan and Naphtali;

And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:

Verse 26

and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob born to him in Paddan-aram.

And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.

Verse 27

Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived temporarily.

And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

Verse 28

Now the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.

And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

Verse 29

Isaac’s spirit departed and he died and was ^[h]gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death], an old man full of days (satisfied, fulfilled); his sons Esau and Jacob buried him [in the cave of Machpelah with his parents Abraham and Sarah].

And 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.