¹God said to Jacob , “Arise , go up to Bethel , and live there . Make there an altar to God , who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

²Then Jacob said to his household , and to all who were with him , “Put away the foreign gods that are amongst you , purify yourselves , and change your garments .

³Let ’s arise , and go up to Bethel . I will make there an altar to God , who answered me in the day of my distress , and was with me on the way which I went .”

⁴They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands , and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem .

⁵They travelled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them , and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob .

⁶So Jacob came to Luz (that is , Bethel ), which is in the land of Canaan , he and all the people who were with him .

⁷He built an altar there , and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him , when he fled from the face of his brother.

⁸Deborah , Rebekah ’s nurse , died , and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.

⁹God appeared to Jacob again , when he came from Paddan Aram , and blessed him .

¹⁰God said to him , “Your name is Jacob . Your name shall not be Jacob any more , but your name will be Israel .” He named him Israel .

¹¹God said to him , “I am God Almighty . Be fruitful and multiply . A nation and a company of nations will be from you , and kings will come out of your body.

¹²The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac , I will give it to you , and to your offspring after you I will give the land.”

¹³God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him .

¹⁴Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him , a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it , and poured oil on it .

¹⁵Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel ”.

¹⁶They travelled from Bethel . There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed . She had hard labour .

¹⁷When she was in hard labour , the midwife said to her , “Don’t be afraid , for now you will have another son .”

¹⁸As her soul was departing (for she died ), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin .[#35:18 “Benoni” means “son of my trouble”.; #35:18 “Benjamin” means “son of my right hand”.]

¹⁹Rachel died , and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem ).

²⁰Jacob set up a pillar on her grave . The same is the Pillar of Rachel ’s grave to this day .

²¹Israel travelled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder .

²²While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah , his father ’s concubine , and Israel heard of it .

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve .

²³The sons of Leah : Reuben (Jacob ’s firstborn ), Simeon , Levi , Judah , Issachar , and Zebulun .

²⁴The sons of Rachel : Joseph and Benjamin .

²⁵The sons of Bilhah (Rachel ’s servant ): Dan and Naphtali .

²⁶The sons of Zilpah (Leah ’s servant ): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob , who were born to him in Paddan Aram .

²⁷Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre , to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron ), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners .

²⁸The days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years .

²⁹Isaac gave up the spirit and died , and was gathered to his people , old and full of days . Esau and Jacob , his sons , buried him .