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Jacob’s Return to Bethel

1 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to aBethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, bwho appeared to you cwhen you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”  
2 And Jacob said to his ahousehold and to all who were with him, “Put away bthe foreign gods that are among you, cpurify yourselves, and change your garments.  
3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, awho answered me in the day of my distress band has been with me in the way which I have gone.”  
4 So they gave Jacob all the foreign1 gods which were in their hands, and the aearrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under bthe terebinth tree which was by Shechem.  
5 And they journeyed, and athe terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.  
6 So Jacob came to aLuz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.  
7 And he abuilt an altar there and called the place1 El Bethel, because bthere God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.  
8 Now aDeborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the terebinth tree. So the name of it was called1 Allon Bachuth.  
9 Then aGod appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and bblessed him.  
10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; ayour name shall not be called Jacob anymore, bbut Israel shall be your name.” So He called his name Israel.  
11 Also God said to him: a“I am God Almighty. bBe fruitful and multiply; ca nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.  
12 The aland which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land.”  
13 Then God awent up from him in the place where He talked with him.  
14 So Jacob aset up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it.  
15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, aBethel.  

Death of Rachel

16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor.
17 Now it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, “Do not fear; ayou will have this son also.”  
18 And so it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name1 Ben-Oni; but his father called him Benjamin.  
19 So aRachel died and was buried on the way to bEphrath (that is, Bethlehem).  
20 And Jacob set a pillar on her grave, which is the pillar of Rachel’s grave ato this day.  
21 Then Israel journeyed and pitched his tent beyond athe tower of Eder.  
22 And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and alay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard about it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:  

Jacob’s Twelve Sons

23 the sons of Leah were aReuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;  
24 the sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin;
25 the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant, were Dan and Naphtali;
26 and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Padan Aram.

Death of Isaac

27 Then Jacob came to his father Isaac at aMamre, or bKirjath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had dwelt.  
28 Now the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years.
29 So Isaac breathed his last and died, and awas gathered to his people, being old and full of days. And bhis sons Esau and Jacob buried him. 
Verse Comparison: Genesis 35:1

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American Standard Version
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

Amplified® Bible
AND GOD said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. And make there an altar to God Who appeared to you [in a distinct manifestation] when you fled from the presence of Esau your brother.

Contemporary English Version
God told Jacob, "Return to Bethel, where I appeared to you when you were running from your brother Esau. Make your home there and build an altar for me."

Darby English Version
And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar unto the ùGod that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

Good News Bible
God said to Jacob, "Go to Bethel at once, and live there. Build an altar there to me, the God who appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau."

King James Version
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

New American Standard Bible
Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."

New International Version
Then God said to Jacob, "Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau."

New King James Version
Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."

Revised Standard Version
God 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."

Young's Literal Translation
And God saith unto Jacob, `Rise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared unto thee in thy fleeing from the face of Esau thy brother.'


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