Genesis 35

1 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and stay there. Build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from Esau your brother.”

In the meantime God said to Jacob: Arise, and go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee when thou didst flee from Esau thy brother.

2 Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your clothes.

And Jacob having called together all his household, said: Cast away the strange gods that are among you, and be cleansed and change your garments.

3 Then let us depart and go up to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and has been with me wherever I have gone.”

Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, that we may make there an altar to God: who heard me in the day of my affliction, and accompanied me in my journey.

4 So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their hand, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak that was near Shechem.

So they gave him all the strange gods they had, and the earrings which were in their ears: and he buried them under the turpentine tree, that is behind the city of Sichem.

5 As they traveled, God made panic to fall on the cities that were around them, so those people did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

And when they were departed, the terror of God fell upon all the cities round about, and they durst not pursue after them as they went away.

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

And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, surnamed Bethel: he and all the people that were with him.

7 He built an altar there and called the place El Bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him, when he was fleeing from his brother.

And he built there an altar, and called the name of that place, The house of God: for there God appeared to him when he fled from his brother.

8 Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died. She was buried down from Bethel under the oak tree, so it was called Allon Bakuth.

At the same time Debora the nurse of Rebecca died, and was buried at the foot of Bethel under an oak: and the name of that place was called, The oak of weeping.

9 When Jacob came from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

And God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him,

10 God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob. Your name will be Israel.” So God called his name Israel.

Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel.

11 God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.

And said to him: I am God Almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

12 The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you. To your descendants after you I also give the land.”

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

13 God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.

And he departed from him.

14 Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken to him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering over it and poured oil on it.

But he set up a monument of stone, in the place where God had spoken to him: pouring drink offerings upon it, and pouring oil thereon:

15 Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.

And calling the name of that place Bethel.

16 They journeyed on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor. She had hard labor.

And going forth from thence, he came in the springtime to the land which leadeth to Ephrata: wherein when Rachel was in travail,

17 While she was in hardest labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for now you will have another son.”

By reason of her hard labour she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also.

18 As she was dying, with her dying breath she named him Ben-Oni, but his father called him Benjamin.

And when her soul was departing for pain, and death was now at hand, she called the name of her son Benoni, that is, The son of my pain: but his father called him Benjamin, that is, The son of the right hand.

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

So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, this is Bethlehem.

20 Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave. It is the marker of Rachel's grave to this day.

And Jacob erected a pillar over her sepulchre: this is the pillar of Rachel’s monument, to this day.

21 Israel traveled on and pitched his tent beyond the watchtower of the flock.

Departing thence, he pitched his tent beyond the Flock tower.

22 While Israel was living in that land, Reuben slept with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now Jacob had twelve sons.

And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala, the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

23 His sons by Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

The sons of Lia: Ruben the first born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Juda, and Issachar, and Zabulon.

24 His sons by Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

25 His sons by Bilhah, Rachel's female servant, were Dan and Naphtali.

The sons of Bala, Rachel’s handmaid: Dan and Nephtali.

26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah's female servant, were Gad and Asher. All these were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

The sons of Zelpha, Lia’s handmaid: Gad and Aser: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.

27 Jacob came to Isaac, his father, in Mamre in Kiriath Arba (the same as Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived.

And he came to Isaac his father in Mambre, the city of Arbee, this is Hebron: wherein Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

28 Isaac lived for one hundred eighty years.

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

29 Isaac breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his ancestors, an old man full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.

And being spent with age he died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.