Gen 35 | NASB1995 | STEP | Then God said to Jacob , “ Arise , go up to Bethel and live there , and make an altar there to God , who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau .”

Genesis 35

Jacob Moves to Bethel

1 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to ^aBethel and ^{▼▼ Lit dwell}live there, and make an altar there to ^cGod, who appeared to you ^dwhen you fled ^{▼▼ Lit from the face of}from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his ^fhousehold and to all who were with him, “Put away ^gthe foreign gods which are among you, and ^hpurify yourselves and change your garments; 3 and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make ⁱan altar there to God, ^jwho answered me in the day of my distress and ^khas been with me ^{▼▼ Lit in the way which}wherever I have gone.” 4 So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which ^{▼▼ Lit were in their hand}they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the ^{▼▼ Or terebinth}oak which was near Shechem.

5 As they journeyed, there was ^{▼▼ Or a terror of God
,} ^pa great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. 6 So Jacob came to ^qLuz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. 7 ^rHe built an altar there, and called the place ^{▼▼ I.e. the God of Bethel}El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled ^{▼▼ Lit from the face of}from his brother. 8 Now ^uDeborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; it was named ^{▼▼ I.e. oak of weeping}Allon-bacuth.

Jacob Is Named Israel

9 Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He ^wblessed him. 10 ^xGod said to him, “Your name is Jacob;
^{▼▼ Lit Your name}You shall no longer be called Jacob,
But Israel shall be your name.”
Thus He called ^{▼▼ Lit his name}him Israel.

11 God also said to him, “I am ^{▼▼ Heb El Shaddai
,} ^abGod Almighty;
^acBe fruitful and multiply;
A nation and a ^adcompany of nations shall ^{▼▼ Or come into being}come from you,
And ^afkings shall ^{▼▼ Or come into being}come forth from ^{▼▼ Lit your loins}you.
12 ^ai“The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac,
I will give it to you,
And I will give the land to your ^{▼▼ Lit seed}descendants after you.”

13 Then ^akGod went up from him in the place where He had spoken with him. 14 Jacob set up ^ala pillar in the place where He had spoken with him, a pillar of stone, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it. 15 So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, ^{▼▼ I.e. the house of God
,} ^anBethel.

16 Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to ^aoEphrath, Rachel began to give birth and she ^{▼▼ Lit had difficulty in her giving birth}suffered severe labor. 17 When she was in severe labor the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for now ^aqyou have another son.” 18 It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him ^{▼▼ I.e. the son of my sorrow}Ben-oni; but his father called him ^{▼▼ I.e. the son of the right hand}Benjamin. 19 So ^atRachel died and was buried on the way to ^auEphrath (that is, Bethlehem). 20 Jacob set up a pillar over her grave; that is the ^avpillar of Rachel’s grave to this day. 21 Then Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the ^{▼▼ Heb Migdal-eder
,} ^axtower of ^{▼▼ Or flock}Eder.

22 It came about while Israel was dwelling in that land, that ^azReuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it.

The Sons of Israel

Now there were twelve sons of Jacob— 23 ^bathe sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, then Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun; 24 ^bbthe sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin; 25 and ^bcthe sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid: Dan and Naphtali; 26 and ^bdthe sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

27 Jacob came to his father Isaac at ^beMamre of ^bfKiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.

28 Now the days of Isaac were ^bgone hundred and eighty years. 29 Isaac breathed his last and died and was ^bhgathered to his people, an ^biold man ^{▼▼ Lit and satisfied with days}of ripe age; and ^bkhis sons Esau and Jacob buried him.