Genesis 35

1 And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

2 Then Jacob said to 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:

Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:

3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

4 And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in their hand, and [the] ear-rings which [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem.

Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.

5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was on the cities that [were] round them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

So they went on their journey: and the fear of God was on the towns round about, so that they made no attack on the sons of Jacob.

6 So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan (that is Beth-el) he and all the people that [were] with him.

And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.

7 And he erected there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

8 But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el, under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.

And Deborah, the servant who had taken care of Rebekah from her birth, came to her end, and was put to rest near Beth-el, under the holy tree: and they gave it the name of Allon-bacuth.

9 And God appeared to Jacob again when he came out of Padan-aram; and blessed him.

Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,

10 And God said to 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.

Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.

11 And God said to him, I [am] God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a multitude of nations shall spring from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;

12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land.

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

Then God went up from him in the place where he had been talking with him.

14 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.

And Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.

15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Beth-el.

And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.

16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.

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

And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.

18 And it came to pass as her soul was in departing (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.

And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin.

19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which [is] Beth-lehem.

So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath (which is Beth-lehem).

20 And Jacob set a pillar on her grave: that [is] the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.

And Jacob put up a pillar on her resting-place; which is named, The Pillar of the resting-place of Rachel, to this day.

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

And Israel went journeying on and put up his tents on the other side of the tower of the flock.

22 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:

Now while they were living in that country, Reuben had connection with Bilhah, his father's servant-woman: and Israel had news of it.

23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

Now Jacob had twelve sons: the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first son, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;

24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;

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

The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali;

26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher. These [are] the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Padan-aram.

The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant: Gad and Asher; these are the sons whom Jacob had in Paddan-aram.

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

And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had been living.

28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.

And Isaac was a hundred and eighty years old.

29 And Isaac expired and died, and was gathered to his people, [being] old and full of days; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Then Isaac came to his end and was put to rest with his father's people, an old man after a long life: and Jacob and Esau, his sons, put him in his last resting-place.