Chapter 35
1 God said to Jacob , " Arise , go up to Bethel , and live there . Make there an altar to God , who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."
2 Then Jacob said to his household , and to all who were with him , " Put away the foreign gods that are amongst you , purify yourselves , and change your garments .
3 Let ’s arise , and go up to Bethel . I will make there an altar to God , who answered me in the day of my distress , and was with me on the way which I went ."
4 They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands , and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem .
5 They travelled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them , and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob .
6 So Jacob came to Luz ( that is , Bethel ), which is in the land of Canaan , he and all the people who were with him .
7 He built an altar there , and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him , when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 Deborah , Rebekah ’s nurse , died , and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.
9 God appeared to Jacob again , when he came from Paddan Aram , and blessed him .
10 God said to him , " Your name is Jacob . Your name shall not be Jacob any more , but your name will be Israel ." He named him Israel .
11 God said to him , " I am God Almighty . Be fruitful and multiply . A nation and a company of nations will be from you , and kings will come out of your body.
12 The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac , I will give it to you , and to your offspring after you I will give the land."
13 God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him .
14 Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him , a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it , and poured oil on it .
15 Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him " Bethel ".
16 They travelled from Bethel . There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed . She had hard labour .
17 When she was in hard labour , the midwife said to her , "Don’t be afraid , for now you will have another son ."
18 As her soul was departing ( for she died ), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin .
19 Rachel died , and was buried on the way to Ephrath ( also called Bethlehem ).
20 Jacob set up a pillar on her grave . The same is the Pillar of Rachel ’s grave to this day .
21 Israel travelled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder .
22 While Israel lived 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 .
23 The sons of Leah : Reuben ( Jacob ’s firstborn ), Simeon , Levi , Judah , Issachar , and Zebulun .
24 The sons of Rachel : Joseph and Benjamin .
25 The sons of Bilhah ( Rachel ’s servant ): Dan and Naphtali .
26 The sons of Zilpah ( Leah ’s servant ): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob , who were born to him in Paddan Aram .
27 Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre , to Kiriath Arba ( which is Hebron ), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners .
28 The days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years .
29 Isaac gave up the spirit and died , and was gathered to his people , old and full of days . Esau and Jacob , his sons , buried him .