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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. 17After a very hard
delivery, the midwife finally exclaimed, “Don’t
be afraid—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.
These are the names of the twelve sons of
Jacob:
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.
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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.
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BEGINNING
35:10 Jacob sounds like the Hebrew words for “heel” and “deceiver.”
Israel means “God fights.” 35:21 Hebrew Israel; also in 35:22a. The
names “Jacob” and “Israel” are often interchanged throughout the
Old Testament, referring sometimes to the individual patriarch and
sometimes to the nation.
MISSIONS
SILENT
RETURN
CAPTIVITY
1 Then God said to Jacob, “Get ready and move
to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there
to the God who appeared to you when you fled
from your brother, Esau.”
2 So Jacob told everyone in his household, “Get
rid of all your pagan idols, purify yourselves,
and put on clean clothing. 3 We are now going to
Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who
answered my prayers when I was 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. 5As 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 El-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, Deborah, 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 Paddanaram, 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.
The Death of Rachel • GENESIS 35:16-27
CHURCH
Jacob’s Return to Bethel • GENESIS 35:1-15
JANUARY 12
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! 12And 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. 15And Jacob named the
place Bethel (which means “house of God”), because God had spoken to him there.
GOSPEL
swords, then took Dinah from Shechem’s house
and returned to their camp.
27 Meanwhile, the rest of Jacob’s sons arrived.
Finding the men slaughtered, they plundered
the town because their sister had been defiled
there. 28 They seized all the flocks and herds
and donkeys—everything they could lay their
hands on, both inside the town and outside in
the fields. 29 They looted all their wealth and
plundered their houses. They also took all their
little children and wives and led them away as
captives.
30Afterward Jacob said to Simeon and Levi,
“You have ruined me! You’ve made me stink
among all the people of this land—among all
the Canaanites and Perizzites. We are so few that
they will join forces and crush us. I will be ruined,
and my entire household will be wiped out!”
31 “But why should we let him treat our sister
like a prostitute?” they retorted angrily.
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