Genesis 35

1 [Some time later] God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel, and live there. Build an altar to worship me, God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your older brother Esau.”

and to say God to(wards) Jacob to arise: rise to ascend: rise Bethel Bethel and to dwell there and to make there altar to/for God [the] to see: see to(wards) you in/on/with to flee you from face: before Esau brother: male-sibling your

2 So Jacob said to his household and to all the others who were with him, “Get rid of the idols you brought from Mesopotamia. Also, bathe yourselves and put on clean clothes.

and to say Jacob to(wards) house: household his and to(wards) all which with him to turn aside: remove [obj] God [the] foreign which in/on/with midst your and be pure and to pass mantle your

3 Then we will get ready and go up to Bethel. There I will make an altar to worship God. He is the one who helped me at the time when I was greatly distressed and afraid, and he has been with me wherever I have gone.”

and to arise: rise and to ascend: rise Bethel Bethel and to make there altar to/for God [the] to answer [obj] me in/on/with day distress my and to be with me me in/on/with way: journey which to go: went

4 So they gave to Jacob all the idols that they had brought, and all their earrings. Jacob buried them in the ground under the big oak tree that was near Shechem [town].

and to give: give to(wards) Jacob [obj] all God [the] foreign which in/on/with hand: themselves their and [obj] [the] ring which in/on/with ear their and to hide [obj] them Jacob underneath: under [the] oak which with Shechem

5 As they prepared to leave there, God caused the people who lived in the cities around them to be extremely afraid of Jacob’s family [PRS], so that they did not pursue and attack them.

and to set out and to be terror God upon [the] city which around them and not to pursue after son: child Jacob

6 Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.

and to come (in): come Jacob Luz [to] which in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan he/she/it Bethel Bethel he/she/it and all [the] people which with him

7 There he built an altar. He named the place El-Bethel, [which means ‘God of Bethel]’, because it was there that God revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his older brother Esau.

and to build there altar and to call: call to to/for place El-bethel El-bethel El-bethel for there to reveal: reveal to(wards) him [the] God in/on/with to flee he from face: before brother: male-sibling his

8 Deborah, who had taken care of Isaac’s wife Rebekah when Rebekah was a small girl, was now very old. She died and was buried under an oak tree south of Bethel. So they named that place Allon-Bacuth, [which means ‘oak of weeping’].

and to die Deborah to suckle Rebekah and to bury from underneath: under to/for Bethel Bethel underneath: under [the] oak and to call: call by name his Allon-bacuth Allon-bacuth

9 After Jacob and his family returned from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, while they were still at Bethel, God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him.

and to see: see God to(wards) Jacob still in/on/with to come (in): come he from Paddan (Paddan)-aram and to bless [obj] him

10 God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.

and to say to/for him God name your Jacob not to call: call to (name your *LBH(a)*) still Jacob that if: except if: except Israel to be name your and to call: call to [obj] name his Israel

11 Then God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Produce many children. Your descendants will become many nations, and some of your descendants will be kings.

and to say to/for him God I God Almighty be fruitful and to multiply nation and assembly nation to be from you and king from loin your to come out: produce

12 The land that I promised to give to [your grandfather] Abraham and [your father] Isaac, I will give to you. I will also give it to your descendants.”

and [obj] [the] land: country/planet which to give: give to/for Abraham and to/for Isaac to/for you to give: give her and to/for seed: children your after you to give: give [obj] [the] land: country/planet

13 When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.

and to ascend: rise from upon him God in/on/with place which to speak: speak with him

14 Jacob set up a large stone at the place where God had talked with him. He poured some wine and some [olive] oil on it to dedicate it to God.

and to stand Jacob pillar in/on/with place which to speak: speak with him pillar stone and to pour upon her drink offering and to pour: pour upon her oil

15 Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.

and to call: call by Jacob [obj] name [the] place which to speak: speak with him there God Bethel Bethel

16 Jacob and his family left Bethel and traveled south toward Ephrath [town]. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to have severe childbirth pains.

and to set out from Bethel Bethel and to be still distance [the] land: country/planet to/for to come (in): towards Ephrath and to beget Rachel and to harden in/on/with to beget she

17 When her pain was the most severe, the (midwife/woman who helped her to give birth) said to Rachel, “Do not be afraid, because now you have given birth to another son!”

and to be in/on/with to harden she in/on/with to beget she and to say to/for her [the] to beget not to fear for also this to/for you son: child

18 But she was dying, and with her last breath she said, “Name him Benoni,” [which means ‘son of my sorrow]’, but his father named him Benjamin, [which means ‘son of my right hand]’.

and to be in/on/with to come out: come soul her for to die and to call: call by name his Ben-oni Ben-oni and father his to call: call by to/for him Benjamin

19 After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.

and to die Rachel and to bury in/on/with way: road Ephrath he/she/it Bethlehem Bethlehem

20 Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.

and to stand Jacob pillar upon tomb her he/she/it pillar tomb Rachel till [the] day: today

21 Jacob, whose new name was Israel, continued traveling with his family, and he set up his tents on the south side of the watchtower at Eder [town].

and to set out Israel and to stretch (tent his *Q(K)*) from further to/for tower of Eder tower of Eder

22 While they were living in that area, Jacob’s son Reuben had sex [EUP] with Bilhah, one of his father’s (concubines/female slaves whom he had taken as a secondary wife). Someone told Jacob about it, and it made him very angry. (I will now give you/Here is) a list of Jacob’s twelve sons.

and to be in/on/with to dwell Israel in/on/with land: country/planet [the] he/she/it and to go: went Reuben (and to lie down: have sex *L(p)*) [obj] (Bilhah *L(p)*) concubine (father his *L(p)*) and to hear: hear (Israel *L(p)*) and to be son: child Jacob two ten

23 The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.

son: child Leah firstborn Jacob Reuben and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun

24 The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

son: child Rachel Joseph and Benjamin

25 The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.

and son: child Bilhah maidservant Rachel Dan and Naphtali

26 The sons of Leah’s female slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. All those sons of Jacob, except Benjamin, were born while he was living in Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia.

and son: child Zilpah maidservant Leah Gad and Asher these son: child Jacob which to beget to/for him in/on/with Paddan (Paddan)-aram

27 Jacob had returned back home to see his father Isaac at Mamre, which is also named Kiriath-Arba, and which is now named Hebron. Isaac’s father Abraham had also lived there.

and to come (in): come Jacob to(wards) Isaac father his Mamre Kiriath-arba Kiriath-arba he/she/it Hebron which to sojourn there Abraham and Isaac

28 Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.

and to be day Isaac hundred year and eighty year

29 He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.

and to die Isaac and to die and to gather to(wards) kinsman his old and sated day and to bury [obj] him Esau and Jacob son: child his