< Genesis 35 >

1 And he said God to Jacob arise go up Beth-el and dwell there and make there an altar to the God who appeared to you when fleeing you from before Esau brother your.
And God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."
2 And he said Jacob to household his and to all who [were] with him remove [the] gods of foreignness which in midst of you and purify yourselves and change clothes your.
Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that you have among you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.
3 So let us arise and we may go up Beth-el so I may make there an altar to the God who answered me on [the] day of distress my and he has been with me on the journey which I have gone.
Let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and has been with me wherever I went."
4 And they gave to Jacob all [the] gods of foreignness which [were] in hand their and the rings which [were] in ears their and he hid them Jacob under the oak which [was] near Shechem.
So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their possession, and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak that was near Shechem.
5 And they set out and it was - [the] terror of God on the cities which [were] around them and not people pursued after [the] sons of Jacob.
Then they set out, and a terror of God was upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
6 And he came Jacob Luz towards which [is] in [the] land of Canaan that [is] Beth-el he and all the people which [was] with him.
So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
7 And he built there an altar and he called the place El Beth-el for there they had revealed themselves to him God when fled he from before brother his.
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.
8 And she died Deborah [the] nurse of Rebekah and she was buried from under to Beth-el under the oak and someone called name its Allon Bacuth.
Now Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak outside Bethel. So he called its name Allon Bakuth.
9 And he appeared God to Jacob again when came he from Paddan Aram and he blessed him.
And God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.
10 And he said to him God name your [is] Jacob not it will be called name your again Jacob that except Israel it will be name your and he called name his Israel.
God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but your name will be Israel." So he called his name Israel.
11 And he said to him God I [am] God Almighty be fruitful and multiply a nation and a company of nations it will be from you and kings from loins your they will come out.
And God said to him, "I am El Shaddai. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will come from you, and kings will come from your body.
12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaac to you I will give it and to offspring your after you I will give the land.
The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you, and I will give the land to your descendants after you."
13 And he went up from with him God at the place where he had spoken with him.
Then God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
14 And he set up Jacob a pillar at the place where he had spoken with him a pillar of stone and he poured out on it a drink offering and he poured on it oil.
And Jacob set up a standing-stone in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. And he poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.
15 And he called Jacob [the] name of the place where he had spoken with him there God Beth-el.
Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him Bethel.
16 And they set out from Beth-el and it was yet [the] distance of the land to go Ephrathah and she gave birth Rachel and she had difficulties when gave birth she.
Then they set out from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel went into labor, and her labor was difficult.
17 And it was when had difficulties she when gave birth she and she said to her the midwife may not you be afraid for also this [one] for you [is] a son.
When she was in the difficult labor, the midwife said to her, "Do not be afraid, for now you have another son."
18 And it was when went out life her for she died and she called name his Ben-Oni and father his he called him Benjamin.
It happened, as her life was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-Oni, but his father named him Benjamin.
19 And she died Rachel and she was buried on [the] way of Ephrathah that [is] Beth-lehem.
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
20 And he set up Jacob a pillar over grave her it [is] [the] pillar of [the] grave of Rachel until this day.
Jacob set up a standing-stone on her grave. It is the standing-stone of Rachel's grave to this day.
21 And he set out Israel and he pitched (tent his *Qk) from beyond Migdal Eder.
And Israel traveled and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.
22 And it was when dwelt Israel in the land that and he went Reuben (and he lay with *Lp) (Bilhah *Lp) [the] concubine of (father of his *Lp) and he heard (Israel. *Lp) And they were [the] sons of Jacob two plus ten.
It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and slept with Bilhah, his father's secondary wife, and Israel heard about it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
23 [the] sons of Leah [the] firstborn of Jacob Reuben and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun.
The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, 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 [the] maidservant of Rachel Dan and Naphtali.
And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali.
26 And [the] sons of Zilpah [the] maidservant of Leah Gad and Asher these [were] [the] sons of Jacob who it was born to him in Paddan Aram.
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
27 And he came Jacob to Isaac father his Mamre Kiriath Arba that [is] Hebron where he had sojourned there Abraham and Isaac.
So Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre in Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.
28 And they were [the] days of Isaac one hundred year[s] and eighty year[s].
Now the days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.
29 And he expired Isaac and he died and he was gathered to people his an old [man] and satisfied of days and they buried him Esau and Jacob sons his.
And Isaac took his last breath and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

< Genesis 35 >