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Jacob Moves to Bethel

¹ Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to ^(C1)Bethel and ^(F1)live there, and make an altar there to ^(C2)God, who appeared to you ^(C3)when you fled ^(F2)from your brother Esau."² So Jacob said to his ^(C1)household and to all who were with him, "Put away ^(C2)the foreign gods which are among you, and ^(C3)purify yourselves and change your garments;³ and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make ^(C1)an altar there to God, ^(C2)who answered me in the day of my distress and ^(C3)has been with me ^(F1)wherever I have gone."⁴ So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which ^(F1)they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the ^(F2)oak which was near Shechem.

⁵ As they journeyed, there was ^(F1)(C1)a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.⁶ So Jacob came to ^(C1)Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.^7 (C1)He built an altar there, and called the place ^(F1)El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled ^(F2)from his brother.⁸ Now ^(C1)Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; it was named ^(F1)Allon-bacuth.

Jacob Is Named Israel

⁹ Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He ^(C1)blessed him.^10 (C1)God said to him,

"Your name is Jacob;
^(F1)You shall no longer be called Jacob,
But Israel shall be your name."
Thus He called ^(F2)him Israel.¹¹ God also said to him,

"I am ^(F1)(C1)God Almighty;
^(C2)Be fruitful and multiply;
A nation and a ^(C3)company of nations shall ^(F2)come from you,
And ^(C4)kings shall ^(F2)come forth from ^(F3)you.

¹² "^(C1)The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac,
I will give it to you,
And I will give the land to your ^(F1)descendants after you."

¹⁶ Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to ^(C1)Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and she ^(F1)suffered severe labor.¹⁷ When she was in severe labor the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, for now ^(C1)you have another son."¹⁸ It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him ^(F1)Ben-oni; but his father called him ^(F2)Benjamin.¹⁹ So ^(C1)Rachel died and was buried on the way to ^(C2)Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).²⁰ Jacob set up a pillar over her grave; that is the ^(C1)pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.²¹ Then Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the ^(F1)(C1)tower of ^(F2)Eder.

²² It came about while Israel was dwelling in that land, that ^(C1)Reuben 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—

²⁷ Jacob came to his father Isaac at ^(C1)Mamre of ^(C2)Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.

²⁸ Now the days of Isaac were ^(C1)one hundred and eighty years.²⁹ Isaac breathed his last and died and was ^(C1)gathered to his people, an ^(C2)old man ^(F1)of ripe age; and ^(C3)his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.