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Genesis 35 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:1 - God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2 - So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - then let us arise and go up to Bethel, that I may make there an altar to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone."
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:5 - And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were round about them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:6 - And Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7 - and there he built an altar, and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:8 - And Deb'orah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel; so the name of it was called Al'lon-bacuth.

Jacob Is Named Israel

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:9 - God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:10 - And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name." So his name was called Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:11 - And God said to him, "I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall spring from you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:12 - The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your descendants after you."
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:13 - Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:14 - And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:15 - So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16 - Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:17 - And when she was in her hard labor, the midwife said to her, "Fear not; for now you will have another son."
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:18 - And as her soul was departing (for she died), she called his name Ben-o'ni; but his father called his name Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:19 - So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:20 - and Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; it is the pillar of Rachel's tomb, which is there to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:21 - Israel journeyed on, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - While Israel dwelt 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.

The Sons of Israel

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's first-born), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Is'sachar, and Zeb'ulun.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:24 - The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:25 - The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naph'tali.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26 - The sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:27 - And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kir'iath-ar'ba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:28 - Now the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29 - And Isaac breathed his last; and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

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