Genesis, 35

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.

1. God said to Jacob, "Go up to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to God who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau."

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:

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

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.

3. We will then go up to Bethel. There I will make an altar to God who helped me when I was in trouble and who was with me during my journey."

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.

4. So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had as well as their earrings and Jacob hid them under the oak that was near Shechem.

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.

5. They then left and a terror fell on all the surrounding towns with the result that no one followed in pursuit of them.

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.

6. When Jacob and all those with him came to Luz in Canaan - which is Bethel -

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.

7. he built an altar there and called the place El-Bethel because it was there that God had shown himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

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

8. At that time Rebekah's nurse, Deborah, died and was buried below Bethel near the oak. That is why it was called the Oak of Tears.

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

9. God appeared again to Jacob when he arrived from Paddan-aram and blessed him

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.

10. and said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but no longer will you be called Jacob, for Israel will be your name." So he was called Israel.

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;

11. Then God said to him, "Be fruitful and grow in number! A nation or rather a group of nations will come from 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.

12. The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you and to your descendants after you."

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

13. Then God left 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.

14. Jacob set up a stone in the place where God had spoken to him and offered a libation on it and poured oil on it.

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

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

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.

16. They moved on from Bethel and were still some distance from Ephrath when Rachel gave birth and the delivery was very difficult.

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.

17. When she was in great pain the midwife said to her, "Courage! 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 Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.

18. And as she breathed her last - for she was dying - she called him Benoni (which means: son of my pain), but his father named him Benjamin.

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

19. So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath - that is Bethlehem -

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

20. and Jacob placed a pillar over her tomb which marks the place of the tomb to this day.

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

21. Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond Migdal-eder.

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:

22. While Israel was living in that region, it happened that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Jacob had twelve sons.

23. The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

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

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

24. The sons by Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

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

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

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.

26. The sons by Zilpah, Leah's slave girl: Gad and Asher. These were the sons born to Jacob in Paddanaram.

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

27. Jacob came home to his father Isaac at Mamre or Kiriatharba (that is, Hebron) where Abraham and Isaac had lived.

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

28. After living a hundred and eighty years

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.

29. Isaac breathed his last and was gathered to his people at a good old age. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.