Genesis 35

CHAPTER 35

Jacob Builds an Altar at Beth-el

1[³said ¹And   ²God] to Jacob, Rising up, ascend unto the place Beth-el! And live there, and make there an altar   to God! to the one  appearing to you in the running away from the face of Esau   your brother. 2[³said ¹And ²Jacob]   to his house, and to all the ones  with him, Take away   [³gods ¹the ²alien] from your midst, and cleanse and change   your robes! 3And rising up, let us ascend unto Beth-el, and let us make there an altar   to God! to the one  taking heed of me in the day of affliction, who was with me, and preserved me in the way which I went. 4And they gave   to Jacob   [³gods ¹the ²alien], which were in   their hands, and the ear-rings   in   their ears. And [²hid ³them ¹Jacob] under the turpentine tree, the one in Shechem. And he destroyed them unto   today's day. 5And Israel lifted away from Shechem. And there was a fear of God upon the cities   round about them. And they did not pursue after the sons of Israel. 6[³came ¹And ²Jacob] into Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, which is Beth-el, he and all the people who were  with him. 7And he built there an altar, and he called the name of the place, Beth-el, for there [²appeared ³to him   ¹God] in   his running away from the face of Esau   his brother. 8[⁶died ¹And ²Deborah ³the ⁴nurse ⁵of Rebekah], and they entombed her  below Beth-el, under the acorn tree, and Jacob called the name of it, Acorn tree of Mourning.

God Changes Jacob's Name to Israel

9[³appeared ¹And   ²God]   to Jacob still in Luz, when he came from out of Mesopotamia   of Syria. And [²blessed ³him   ¹God]. 10And [²said ³to him   ¹God],   Your name shall not be called any longer Jacob, but Israel will be   your name. And he called   his name Israel. 11[³said ¹And ⁴to him   ²God], I am    your God. Grow and multiply! Nations and gatherings of nations will be from you, and kings [²from   ³your loin ¹shall come forth]. 12And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, [³to you ¹I give ²it]. And to  your seed after you I shall give   this land. 13[³ascended ¹And   ²God] from him, from the place where he spoke with him. 14And Jacob set up a monument in the place in which [²spoke ³with ⁴him   ¹God] -- [²monument ¹a stone]. And he offered upon it a libation, and he poured upon it olive oil. 15And Jacob called the name of the place in which [²spoke ³with ⁴him ⁵there   ¹God], Beth-el.

Death of Rachel

16[³departed ¹And ²Jacob] from Beth-el, and he pitched   his tent beyond the tower of Gader. And it came to pass when he approached Chabratha,   to come into   Ephrath, Rachel bore. And in the giving birth she suffered birth pangs. 17And it came to pass in   her harshly bearing, [³said ⁴to her ¹the ²midwife], Be of courage! for also this [³to you ¹is ²a son]. 18And it came to pass in   her letting go the soul, for she was dying, she called   his name, Son of my Grief;   but the father called   his name, Benjamin. 19[³died ¹And ²Rachel], and she was entombed in the way of Ephrath, this is Beth-lehem. 20And Jacob set up a monument for   her memorial. This is the monument upon the tomb of Rachel, until   this day. 21And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in   that land, Reuben went and bedded with Bilhah, the concubine   of his father Jacob. And Israel heard, and [²wicked ¹it appeared] before him.

Generations of Jacob and the Death of Isaac

22[⁵were ¹And ²the ³sons ⁴of Jacob] twelve. 23The sons of Leah, the first-born of Jacob, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun. 24And the sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin. 25And the sons of Bilhah the maidservant of Rachel, Dan and Naphtali. 26And the sons of Zilpah the maidservant of Leah, Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, the ones  who were born to him in Mesopotamia   of Syria. 27[³came ¹And ²Jacob] to Isaac   his father in Mamre, in a city of the plain -- this is Hebron, in the land of Canaan, where [⁴sojourned ¹Abraham ²and ³Isaac]. 28And were the days of Isaac which he lived, [³years ¹a hundred ²eighty]. 29And failing, Isaac died. And he was added to   his family, older and full of days. And [⁷entombed ⁸him ¹Esau ²and ³Jacob   ⁵two ⁶sons ⁴his].