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Verse 1

And God{H430} said{H559} unto Jacob,{H3290} Arise,{H6965} go up{H5927} to Beth-el,{H1008} and dwell{H3427} there: and make{H6213} there an altar{H4196} unto God,{H410} who appeared{H7200} unto thee when thou fleddest{H1272} from the face{H6440} of Esau{H6215} thy brother.{H251}

Verse 2

Then Jacob{H3290} said{H559} unto his household,{H1004} and to all that were with him, Put away{H5493} the foreign{H5236} gods{H430} that are among you,{H8432} and purify{H2891} yourselves, and change{H2498} your garments:{H8071}

Verse 3

and let us arise,{H6965} and go up{H5927} to Beth-el;{H1008} and I will make{H6213} there an altar{H4196} unto God,{H410} who answered{H6030} me in the day{H3117} of my distress,{H6869} and was with me in the way{H1870} which I went.{H1980}

Verse 4

And they gave{H5414} unto Jacob{H3290} all the foreign{H5236} gods{H430} which were in their hand,{H3027} and the rings{H5141} which were in their ears;{H241} and Jacob{H3290} hid{H2934} them under the oak{H424} which was by Shechem.{H7927}

Verse 5

And they journeyed:{H5265} and a terror{H2847} of God{H430} was upon the cities{H5892} that were round about{H5439} them, and they did not pursue{H7291} after{H310} the sons{H1121} of Jacob.{H3290}

Verse 6

So Jacob{H3290} came{H935} to Luz,{H3870} which is in the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667} (the same is Beth-el),{H1008} he and all the people{H5971} that were with him.

Verse 7

And he built{H1129} there an altar,{H4196} and called{H7121} the place{H4725} El-beth-el;{H416} because there God{H430} was revealed{H1540} unto him, when he fled{H1272} from the face{H6440} of his brother.{H251}

Verse 8

And Deborah{H1683} Rebekah's{H7259} nurse{H3243} died,{H4191} and she was buried{H6912} below Beth-el{H1008} under the oak:{H437} and the name{H8034} of it was called{H7121} Allon-bacuth.{H439}

Verse 9

And God{H430} appeared{H7200} unto Jacob{H3290} again, when he came{H935} from Paddan-aram,{H6307} and blessed{H1288} him.

Verse 10

And God{H430} said{H559} unto him, Thy name{H8034} is Jacob:{H3290} thy name{H8034} shall not be called{H7121} any more Jacob,{H3290} but Israel{H3478} shall be thy name:{H8034} and he called{H7121} his name{H8034} Israel.{H3478}

Verse 11

And God{H430} said{H559} unto him, I am God{H410} Almighty:{H7706} be fruitful{H6509} and multiply;{H7235} a nation{H1471} and a company{H6951} of nations{H1471} shall be of thee, and kings{H4428} shall come{H3318} out of thy loins;{H2504}

Verse 12

and the land{H776} which I gave{H5414} unto Abraham{H85} and Isaac,{H3327} to thee I will give it,{H5414} and to thy seed{H2233} after thee{H310} will I give{H5414} the land.{H776}

Verse 13

And God{H430} went up{H5927} from him in the place{H4725} where he spake{H1696} with him.

Verse 14

And Jacob{H3290} set up{H5324} a pillar{H4676} in the place{H4725} where he spake{H1696} with him, a pillar{H4678} of stone:{H68} and he poured{H5258} out a drink-offering{H5262} thereon, and poured{H3332} oil{H8081} thereon.

Verse 15

And Jacob{H3290} called{H7121} the name{H8034} of the place{H4725} where God{H430} spake{H1696} with him, Beth-el.{H1008}

Verse 16

And they journeyed{H5265} from Beth-el;{H1008} and there was still{H5750} some{H3530} distance{H776} to come{H935} to Ephrath:{H672} and Rachel{H7354} travailed,{H3205} and she had hard{H7185} labor.{H3205}

Verse 17

And it came to pass, when she was in hard{H7185} labor,{H3205} that the midwife{H3205} said{H559} unto her, Fear{H3372} not; for now thou shalt have another son.{H1121}

Verse 18

And it came to pass, as her soul{H5315} was departing{H3318} (for she died),{H4191} that she called{H7121} his name{H8034} Ben-oni:{H1126} but his father{H1} called{H7121} him Benjamin.{H1144}

Verse 19

And Rachel{H7354} died,{H4191} and was buried{H6912} in the way{H1870} to Ephrath{H672} (the same is Beth-lehem).{H1035}

Verse 20

And Jacob{H3290} set{H5324} up a pillar{H4678} upon her grave:{H6900} the same is the Pillar{H4678} of Rachel's{H7354} grave{H6900} unto this day.{H3117}

Verse 21

And Israel{H3478} journeyed,{H5265} and spread{H5186} his tent{H168} beyond{H1973} the tower{H4026} of Eder.{H4029}

Verse 22

And it came to pass, while Israel{H3478} dwelt{H7931} in that land,{H776} that Reuben{H7205} went{H3212} and lay{H7901} with Bilhah{H1090} his father's{H1} concubine:{H6370} and Israel{H3478} heard{H8085} of it. Now the sons{H1121} of Jacob{H3290} were twelve:{H8147}

Verse 23

the sons{H1121} of Leah:{H3812} Reuben,{H7205} Jacob's{H3290} first-born,{H1060} and Simeon,{H8095} and Levi,{H3878} and Judah,{H3063} and Issachar,{H3485} and Zebulun;{H2074}

Verse 24

the sons{H1121} of Rachel:{H7354} Joseph{H3130} and Benjamin;{H1144}

Verse 25

and the sons{H1121} of Bilhah,{H1090} Rachel's{H7354} handmaid:{H8198} Dan{H1835} and Naphtali;{H5321}

Verse 26

and the sons{H1121} of Zilpah,{H2153} Leah's{H3812} handmaid:{H8198} Gad{H1410} and Asher:{H836} these are the sons{H1121} of Jacob,{H3290} that were born{H3205} to him in Paddan-aram.{H6307}

Verse 27

And Jacob{H3290} came{H935} unto Isaac{H3327} his father{H1} to Mamre,{H4471} to Kiriath-arba{H7153} (the same is Hebron),{H2275} where Abraham{H85} and Isaac{H3327} sojourned.{H1481}

Verse 28

And the days{H3117} of Isaac{H3327} were a hundred{H3967} and fourscore{H8084} years.{H8141}

Verse 29

And Isaac{H3327} gave up the ghost,{H1478} and died,{H4191} and was gathered{H622} unto his people,{H5971} old{H2205} and full{H7649} of days:{H3117} and Esau{H6215} and Jacob{H3290} his sons{H1121} buried{H6912} him.

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