Chapter 35
1. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, surnamed Bethel: he and all the people that were with him.
7. 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. 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. And God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him,
10. Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel.
11. 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. And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
13. And he departed from him.
14. 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. And calling the name of that place Bethel.
16. And going forth from thence, he came in the springtime to the land which leadeth to Ephrata: wherein when Rachel was in travail,
17. By reason of her hard labor she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also.
18. 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. So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, that is Bethlehem.
20. And Jacob erected a pillar over her sepulcher: this is the pillar of Rachel's monument, to this day.
21. Departing thence, he pitched his tent beyond the Flock tower.
22. 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. The sons of Lia: Ruben the firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Juda, and Issachar, and Zebulon.
24. The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
25. The sons of Bala, Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Naphthali.
26. 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. And he came to Isaac his father in Mambre, the city of Arbee, this is Hebron: Wherein Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
28. And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.
29. 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.
Chapter 36
1. And these are the generations of Esau, the same is Edom.
2. Esau took wives of the daughters of Chanaan: Ada the daughter of Elon the Hethite, and Oolibama the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sebeon the Hevite:
3. And Basemath the daughter of Ismael, sister of Nabajoth.
4. And Ada bore Eliphaz: Basemath bore Rahuel:
5. Oolibama bore Jehus and Ihelon and Core. These are the sons of Esau, that were born to him in the land of Chanaan.
6. And Esau took his wives and his sons and daughters, and every soul of his house, and his substance, and cattle, and all that he was able to acquire in the land of Chanaan: and went into another country, and departed from his brother Jacob.
7. For they were exceeding rich, and could not dwell together: neither was the land in which they sojourned able to bear them, for the multitude of their flocks.
8. And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: he is Edom.
9. And these are the generations of Esau the father of Edom in mount Seir,
10. And these the names of his sons: Eliphaz the son of Ada the wife of Esau: and Rahnel the son of Basemath his wife.
11. And Eliphaz had sons: Theman, Omar, Sepho, and Gatham, and Cenee.
12. And Thamna was the concubine of Eliphaz the son of Esau: and she bore him Amalech. These are the sons of Ada the wife of Esau.
13. And the sons of Rahuel were Nahath and Zara, Samma and Meza. These were the sons of Basemath the wife of Esau.
14. And these were the sons of Oolibama, the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sebeon, the wife of Esau, whom she bore to him, Jehus, and Ihelon, and Core.
15. These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: duke Theman, duke Omar, duke Sepho, duke Cenez,
16. Duke Core, duke Gatham, duke Amalech: these are the sons of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom, and these the Bone of Ada.
17. And these were the sons of Rahuel, the son of Esau: duke Nahath, duke Zara, duke Samma, duke Meza. And these are the dukes of Rahuel, in the land of Edom: these the sons of Base- math the wife of Esau.
18. And these the sons of Oolibama the wife of Esau: duke Jehus, duke Ihelon, duke Core. These are the dukes of Oolibama, the daughter of Ana, and wife of Esau.
19. These are the sons of Esau, and these the dukes of them: the same is Edom.
20. These are the sons of Seir the Horrite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, and Sobal, and Sebeon, and Ana,
21. And Dison, and Eser, and Disan. These are dukes of the Horrites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.
22. And Lotan had sons: Hori and Heman. And the sister of Lotan was Thamna.
23. And these the sons of Sobal: Alvan and Manahat, and Ebal, and Sepho, and Oman.
24. And these the sons of Sebeon: Aia and Ana. This is Ana that found the hot waters in the wilderness, when he fed the asses of Sebeon his father:
25. And he had a son Dison, and a daughter Oolibama.
26. And these were the sons of Dison: Hamdan, and Eseban, and Jethram, and Charan.
27. These also were the sons of Eser: Balaan, and Zavan, and Acan.
28. And Disan had sons : Hus, and Aram.
29. These were dukes of the Horrites: duke Lotan, duke Sobal, duke Sebeon, duke Ana,
30. Duke Dison, duke Eser, duke Disan: these were dukes of the Horrites that ruled in the land of Seir.
31. And the kings that ruled in the land of Edom, before the children of Israel had a king were these:
32. Bela the son of Beer, and the name of his city Denaba.
33. And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zara of Bosra reigned in his stead.
34. And when Jobab was dead, Husam of the land of the Themanites reigned in his stead.
35. And after his death, Adad the son of Badad reigned in his stead, who defeated the Madianites in the country of Moab: and the name of his city was Avith.
36. And when Adad was dead, there reigned in his stead, Semla of Masreca.
37. And he being dead, Saul of the river Rohoboth, reigned in his stead.
38. And when he also was dead, Balanan the son of Achobor succeeded to the kingdom.
39. This man also being dead, Adar reigned in his place, and the name of his city was Phau: and his wife was called Meetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezaab.
40. And these are the names of the dukes of Esau in their kindreds, and places, and callings: duke Thamna, duke Alva, duke Jetheth,
41. Duke Oolibama, duke Ela, duke Phinon,
42. Duke Cenez, duke Theman, duke Mabsar,
43. Duke Magdiel, duke Hiram: these are the dukes of Edom dwelling in the land of their government; the same is Esau the father of the Edomites.
