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in distress. He has been with me wherever I
have gone.”
4 So they gave Jacob all their pagan idols and
earrings, and he buried them under the great
tree near Shechem. 5 As they set out, a terror
from God spread over the people in all the
towns of that area, so no one attacked Jacob’s
family.
6 Eventually, Jacob and his household arrived
at Luz (also called Bethel) in Canaan. 7 Jacob
built an altar there and named the place E
l-
bethel (which means “God of Bethel”), because
God had appeared to him there when he was
fleeing from his brother, Esau.
8 Soon after this, Rebekah’s old nurse, Debo
rah, died. She was buried beneath the oak tree
in the valley below Bethel. Ever since, the tree
has been called Allon-bacuth (which means
“oak of weeping”).
9 Now that Jacob had returned from Paddan-
aram, God appeared to him again at Bethel.
God blessed him, 10 saying, “Your name is Jacob,
but you will not be called Jacob any longer.
From now on your name will be Israel.”* So
God renamed him Israel.
11 Then God said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God
Almighty.’ Be fruitful and multiply. You will become a great nation, even many nations. Kings
will be among your descendants! 12 And I will
give you the land I once gave to Abraham and
Isaac. Yes, I will give it to you and your descendants after you.” 13 Then God went up from the
place where he had spoken to Jacob.
14 Jacob set up a stone pillar to mark the
place where God had spoken to him. Then he
poured wine over it as an offering to God and
anointed the pillar with olive oil. 15 And Jacob
named the place Bethel (which means “house
of God”), because God had spoken to him there.
16 Leaving Bethel, Jacob and his clan moved
on toward Ephrath. But Rachel went into labor
while they were still some distance away. Her
labor pains were intense. 17 After a very hard
delivery, the midwife finally exclaimed, “Don’t
be a fraid—you have another son!” 18 Rachel
was about to die, but with her last breath she
named the baby Ben-oni (which means “son of
my sorrow”). The baby’s father, however, called
him Benjamin (which means “son of my right
hand”). 19 So Rachel died and was buried on the
way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). 20 Jacob
set up a stone monument over Rachel’s grave,
and it can be seen there to this day.
21 Then Jacob* traveled on and camped
beyond Migdal-eder. 22 While he was living
there, Reuben had intercourse with Bilhah,
his father’s concubine, and Jacob soon heard
about it.
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These are the names of the twelve sons of
Jacob:
23 The sons of Leah were Reuben (Jacob’s
oldest son), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar,
and Zebulun.
24 The sons of Rachel were Joseph and
Benjamin.
25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, were
Dan and Naphtali.
26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant, were
Gad and Asher.
These are the names of the sons who were
born to Jacob at Paddan-aram.
27 So Jacob returned to his father, Isaac, in
Mamre, which is near Kiriath-arba (now called
Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had both
lived as foreigners. 28 Isaac lived for 180 years.
29 Then he breathed his last and died at a ripe
old age, joining his ancestors in death. And his
sons, Esau and Jacob, buried him.
36:1 This
is the account of the descendants of
Esau (also known as Edom). 2 Esau married
two young women from Canaan: Adah, the
daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah,
the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of
Zibeon the Hivite. 3 He also married his cousin
Basemath, who was the daughter of Ishmael
and the sister of Nebaioth. 4 Adah gave birth to
a son named Eliphaz for Esau. Basemath gave
birth to a son named Reuel. 5 Oholibamah gave
birth to sons named Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
All these sons were born to Esau in the land
of Canaan.
6 Esau took his wives, his children, and his
entire household, along with his livestock and
cattle—all the wealth he had acquired in the
land of Canaan—and moved away from his
brother, Jacob. 7 There was not enough land
to support them both because of all the livestock and possessions they had acquired. 8 So
Esau (also known as Edom) settled in the hill
country of Seir.
9 This is the account of Esau’s descendants,
the E
domites, who lived in the hill country of
Seir.
10 These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz,
the son of Esau’s wife Adah; and Reuel, the
son of Esau’s wife Basemath.
11 The descendants of Eliphaz were Teman,
Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 Timna,
the concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave
birth to a son named Amalek. These are
the descendants of Esau’s wife Adah.
13 The descendants of Reuel were Nahath,
Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are
the descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath.
