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G enesis 35
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, 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 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 E
l-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.
The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac
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 afraid—you have another son!” 18 Rachel was about to die, but
with her last breath she named the baby B
en-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 Eph
rath (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-
a rba (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.
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.
