Genesis 35

1 And God says to Jacob, “Rise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to you in your fleeing from the face of your brother Esau.”

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.”

2 And Jacob says to his household, and to all who [are] with him, “Turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and 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.

3 and we rise, and go up to Bethel, and I make there an altar to God, who is answering me in the day of my tribulation, and is with me in the way that I have gone.”

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.”

4 And they give to Jacob all the gods of the stranger that [are] in their hand, and the rings that [are] in their ears, and Jacob hides them under the oak which [is] by Shechem;

So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

5 and they journey, and the terror of God is on the cities which [are] around them, and they have not pursued after 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.

6 And Jacob comes to Luz which [is] in the land of Canaan (it [is] Bethel), he and all the people who [are] with him,

So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

7 and he builds there an altar, and proclaims at the place the God of Bethel: for there had God been revealed to him, in his fleeing 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.

8 And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, dies, and she is buried at the lower part of Bethel, under the oak, and he calls its name “Oak of Weeping.”

Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.

9 And God appears to Jacob again, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and blesses him;

After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

10 and God says to him, “Your name [is] Jacob: your name is no longer called Jacob, but Israel is your name”; and He calls his name 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.

11 And God says to him, “I [am] God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from you, and kings from your loins go out;

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.

12 and the land which I have given to Abraham and to Isaac—to you I give it, indeed to your seed after you 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.”

13 And God goes up from him, in the place where He has spoken with him.

Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.

14 And Jacob sets up a standing pillar in the place where He has spoken with him, a standing pillar of stone, and he pours on it an oblation, and he pours on it oil;

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.

15 and Jacob calls the name of the place where God spoke with him Bethel.

Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

16 And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a distance of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel bears, and is sharply pained in her bearing;

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.

17 and it comes to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife says to her, “Do not fear, for this also [is] a son for you.”

During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”

18 And it comes to pass in the going out of her soul (for she died), that she calls his name Ben-Oni; and his father called him Benjamin;

And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

19 and Rachel dies, and is buried in the way to Ephratha, which [is] Beth-Lehem,

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

20 and Jacob sets up a standing pillar over her grave; which [is] the standing pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.

Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.

21 And Israel journeys, and stretches out his tent beyond the Tower of Edar;

Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.

22 and it comes to pass in Israel’s dwelling in that land, that Reuben goes, and lies with his father’s concubine Bilhah; and Israel hears.

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:

23 And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob’s firstborn Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

24 Sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

25 And sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant: Dan and Naphtali.

The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.

26 And sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant: Gad and Asher. These [are] sons of Jacob, who have been born to him in Padan-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.

27 And Jacob comes to his father Isaac, at Mamre, the city of Arba (which [is] Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac have sojourned.

Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

28 And the days of Isaac are one hundred and eighty years,

And Isaac lived 180 years.

29 and Isaac expires, and dies, and is gathered to his people, aged and satisfied with days; and his sons Esau and Jacob bury 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.