Then God said
to Jacob
, "Arise
, go
up to aBethel
and 1live
there
, and make
an altar
there
to bGod
, who appeared
to you cwhen you fled
2from your brother
Esau
."
So Jacob said
to his ahousehold
and to all
who
were with him, "Put
away
bthe foreign
gods
which
are among
you, and cpurify
yourselves and change
your garments
;
and let us arise and go
up to Bethel
, and I will make
aan altar
there
to God
, bwho answered
me in the day
of my distress
and chas been
with me 1wherever
I have gone
."
So they gave to Jacob
all
the foreign
gods
which
1they had
and the rings
which
were in their ears
, and Jacob
hid
them under
the 2oak
which
was near
Shechem
.
As they journeyed, there was 1 aa great
terror
upon the cities
which
were around
them, and they did not pursue
the sons
of Jacob
.
So Jacob came
to aLuz
(that is, Bethel
), which
is in the land
of Canaan
, he and all
the people
who
were with him.
aHe built an altar
there
, and called
the place
1El-bethel
, because
there
God
had revealed
Himself to him when he fled
2from his brother
.
Now aDeborah, Rebekah's
nurse
, died
, and she was buried
below
Bethel
under
the oak
; it was named
1Allon-bacuth
.
Then God appeared
to Jacob
again
when he came
from Paddan-aram
, and He ablessed
him.
aGod said
to him, "Your name
is Jacob
; 1You shall no
longer
be called
Jacob
, But Israel
shall be your name
." Thus He called
2him Israel
.
God also said
to him, "I am 1 aGod
Almighty
; bBe fruitful
and multiply
; A nation
and a ccompany
of nations
shall 2come
from you, And dkings
shall 2come
forth
from 3you.
" aThe land which
I gave
to Abraham
and Isaac
, I will give
it to you, And I will give
the land
to your 1descendants
after you."
Then aGod went
up from him in the place
where
He had spoken
with him.
Jacob set
up aa 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.
So Jacob named
the place
where
God
had spoken
with him, 1 aBethel
.
Then they journeyed from Bethel
; and when there was still
some
distance
to go
to aEphrath
, Rachel
began to give
birth
and she 1suffered
severe
labor
.
When she was in severe labor
the midwife
said
to her, "Do not fear
, for now
ayou have another son
."
It came about as her soul
was departing
(for she died
), that she named
him 1Ben-oni
; but his father
called
him 2Benjamin
.
So aRachel died
and was buried
on the way
to bEphrath
(that is, Bethlehem
).
Jacob set
up a pillar
over
her grave
; that is the apillar
of Rachel's
grave
to this day
.
Then Israel journeyed
on and pitched
his tent
beyond
the 1 atower
of 2Eder
.
It came about while Israel
was dwelling
in that land
, that aReuben
went
and lay
with Bilhah
his father's
concubine
, and Israel
heard
of it.
Now there were twelve sons
of Jacob
--
athe sons of Leah
: Reuben
, Jacob's
firstborn
, then Simeon
and Levi
and Judah
and Issachar
and Zebulun
;
athe sons of Rachel
: Joseph
and Benjamin
;
and athe sons of Bilhah
, Rachel's
maid
: Dan
and Naphtali
;
and athe sons of Zilpah
, Leah's
maid
: Gad
and Asher
. These
are the sons
of Jacob
who
were born
to him in Paddan-aram
.
Jacob came
to his father
Isaac
at aMamre
of bKiriath-arba
(that is, Hebron
), where
Abraham
and Isaac
had sojourned
.
Now the days of Isaac
were aone hundred
and eighty
years
.
Isaac breathed
his last
and died
and was agathered
to his people
, an bold
man
1of ripe
age
; and chis sons
Esau
and Jacob
buried
him.