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3 1 : J A C O B ’ S
CHAPTER 31:
Jacob’s Journey To
Bethel And Hebron. Isaac
Blesses Levi And Judah
(31:1-25; cf. Gen. 35)
1 And on the new moon of the
month Jacob spake to all the
people of his house, saying:
“Purify yourselves and change
your garments, and let us arise
and go up to Bethel, where I
vowed a vow to Him on the
day when I fled from the face
of Esau my brother, because
He hath been with me and
brought me into this land in
peace, and put ye away the
strange gods that are among
you.” 2 And they gave up the
strange gods and that which
was in their ears and which
†Corrupt. was †on their necks,† and the
idols which Rachel stole from
Laban her brother she gave
wholly to Jacob. And he burnt
and brake them to pieces and
destroyed them, and hid them
under an oak which is in the
land of Shechem. 3 And he
went up on the new moon of
the seventh month to Bethel.
And he built an altar at the
place where he had slept, and
he set up a pillar there, and he
Isaac refused sent word to his father Isaac to
to go to
Bethel; cf. come to him to his sacrifice,
Test. Levi
9:2. and to his mother Rebecca.
4 And Isaac said: “Let my son
R E T U R N
Jacob come, and let me see i. e. to
him before I die.” 5 And Jacob Hebron.
went to his father Isaac and to
his mother Rebecca, to the
house of his father Abraham,
and he took two of his sons
with him, Levi and Judah, and
he came to his father Isaac
and to his mother Rebecca.
6 And Rebecca came forth
from the tower to the front of
it to kiss Jacob and embrace
him; for her spirit had revived
when she heard: “Behold
Jacob thy son hath come”;
and she kissed him. 7 And
she saw his two sons, and she
recognised them, and said
unto him: “Are these thy sons,
my son?” and she embraced
them and kissed them, and
blessed them, saying: “In you
shall the seed of Abraham
become illustrious, and ye will
prove a blessing on the earth.”
8 And Jacob went in to Isaac
his father, to the chamber
where he lay, and his two sons
were with him, and he took
the hand of his father, and
stooping down he kissed him,
and Isaac clung to the neck of
Jacob his son, and wept upon
his neck. 9 And the darkness
left the eyes of Isaac, and he
saw the two sons of Jacob,
Levi and Judah, and he said:
“Are these thy sons, my son?
for they are like thee.” 10 And
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