Genesis 35 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Jacob Moves to Bethel

Gen 35:1God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."

Gen 35:2

Gen 35:2So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments;

Gen 35:3

Gen 35:3then let us arise and go up to Bethel, that I may make there an altar to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone."

Gen 35:4

Gen 35:4So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.

Gen 35:5

Gen 35:5And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were round about them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

Gen 35:6

Gen 35:6And Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him,

Gen 35:7

Gen 35:7and there he built an altar, and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.

Gen 35:8

Gen 35:8And Deb'orah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel; so the name of it was called Al'lon-bacuth.

Jacob Is Named Israel

Gen 35:9

Gen 35:9God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.

Gen 35:10

Gen 35:10And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name." So his name was called Israel.

Gen 35:11

Gen 35:11And God said to him, "I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall spring from you.

Gen 35:12

Gen 35:12The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your descendants after you."

Gen 35:13

Gen 35:13Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him.

Gen 35:14

Gen 35:14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.

Gen 35:15

Gen 35:15So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel.

Gen 35:16

Gen 35:16Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

Gen 35:17

Gen 35:17And when she was in her hard labor, the midwife said to her, "Fear not; for now you will have another son."

Gen 35:18

Gen 35:18And as her soul was departing (for she died), she called his name Ben-o'ni; but his father called his name Benjamin.

Gen 35:19

Gen 35:19So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),

Gen 35:20

Gen 35:20and Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; it is the pillar of Rachel's tomb, which is there to this day.

Gen 35:21

Gen 35:21Israel journeyed on, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

Gen 35:22

Gen 35:22While Israel dwelt in that land Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

The Sons of Israel

Gen 35:23

Gen 35:23The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's first-born), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Is'sachar, and Zeb'ulun.

Gen 35:24

Gen 35:24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

Gen 35:25

Gen 35:25The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naph'tali.

Gen 35:26

Gen 35:26The sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

Gen 35:27

Gen 35:27And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kir'iath-ar'ba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.

Gen 35:28

Gen 35:28Now the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.

Gen 35:29

Gen 35:29And Isaac breathed his last; and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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Genesis 35 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Jacob Moves to Bethel

Jacob Is Named Israel

The Sons of Israel

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