Genesis, 35

1. God said to Jacob, 'Move on, go to Bethel and settle there. Make an altar there for the God who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.'

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

2. Jacob said to his family and to all who were with him, 'Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you; cleanse yourselves, and change your clothes.

2. Then Jacob said unto 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:

3. We must move on and go to Bethel. There I shall make an altar for the God who heard me when I was in distress, and gave me his help on the journey I made.'

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

4. They gave Jacob all the foreign gods in their possession, and the earrings that they were wearing. Jacob buried them under the oak tree near Shechem.

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

5. They broke camp; a divine terror struck the towns round about, and no one pursued the sons of Jacob.

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

6. When Jacob arrived at Luz in Canaan -- that is, Bethel-and all the people with him,

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

7. he built an altar there and named the place El-Bethel, since it was there that God had appeared to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

7. And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

8. Deborah, who had been Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried below Bethel, under the oak tree; so they named it the Oak of Tears.

8. But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

9. God again appeared to Jacob on his return from Paddan-Aram, and blessed him.

9. And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

10. God said to him, 'Your name is Jacob, but from now on you will be called not Jacob but Israel.' Thus he came by the name Israel.

10. And God said unto 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.

11. God said to him, 'I am El Shaddai. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed an assembly of nations, will descend from you, and kings will issue from your loins.

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

12. The country which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I now give to you; and this country I shall give to your descendants after you.'

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

13. Then God went up from him.

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

14. Jacob raised a monument at the spot where he had spoken to him, a standing-stone, on which he made a libation and poured oil.

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.

15. Jacob named the place Bethel where God had spoken to him.

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

16. They left Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labour, and her pains were severe.

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

17. When her labour was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, 'Do not worry, this is going to be another boy.'

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

18. At the moment when she breathed her last, for she was dying, she named him Ben-Oni. His father, however, named him Benjamin.

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

19. So Rachel died and was buried on the road to Ephrath, now Bethlehem.

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

20. Jacob raised a monument on her grave, that same monument of Rachel's Tomb which is there today.

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

21. Israel left and pitched his tent beyond Migdal-Eder.

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

22. While Israel was living in that district, Reuben went and slept with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel found out. The sons of Jacob were now twelve.

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:

23. The sons of Leah: Jacob's eldest son Reuben, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.

23. 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.

24. The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

25. The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's slave-girl: Dan and Naphtali.

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

26. The sons of Zilpah, Leah's slave-girl: Gad and Asher. These were the sons born to Jacob in Paddan-Aram.

26. And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these [are] the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.

27. Jacob came home to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-Arba -- now Hebron -- where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

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

28. Isaac was one hundred and eighty years old

28. And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

29. when he breathed his last. He died and was gathered to his people, an old man who had enjoyed his full span of life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

29. And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, [being] old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.