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Then
God said to
Jacob,
"Arise,
go up to
Bethel and
live there, and
make an
altar there to
God, who
appeared to you when you
fled from your
brother Esau."
lea -tyeb hel][ ~.Wq b{q][;y -l,a ~yih{l/a r,ma{Y;w ? h,a.riN;h lea'l ;xeB.zim ~'v -hef][;w ~'v -b,v.w ? '$yix'a w'fe[ yen.Pim ]'k]x.r'b.B '$y,lea
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So
Jacob said to his
household and to
all who were with him,
"Put away the
foreign gods which are
among you, and
purify yourselves and
change your
garments;
r,v]a -l'K l,a.w w{tyeB -l,a b{q][;y r,ma{Y;w ? ~,k.k{t.B r,v]a r'keN;h yeh{l/a -t,a .Wris'h w{Mi[ ? ~,kyet{l.mif .Wpyil]x;h.w .Wr]h;Jih.w
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and let us
arise and
go up to
Bethel, and I will
make an
altar there to
God, who
answered me in the
day of my
distress and has
been with me
wherever * I have
gone."
~'V -h,f/[,a.w lea -tyeB h,l][;n.w h'm.Wq'n.w ? yih.y;w yit'r'c ~w{y.B yit{a h,n{['h lea'l ;xeB.zim ? yiT.k'l'h r,v]a .$,r,D;B yid'Mi[
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So they
gave to
Jacob all the
foreign gods which they
had and the
rings which were in their
ears, and
Jacob hid them
under the
oak which was
near Shechem.
yeh{l/a -l'K tea b{q][;y -l,a ].Wn.TiY;w ? r,v]a ~yim'z.N;h -t,a.w ~'d'y.B r,v]a r'keN;h ? ~,k.v -mi[ r,v]a h'lea'h t;x;T b{q][;y ~'t{a !{m.jiY;w ~,hyen.z'a.B
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As they
journeyed, there was a
great terror upon the
cities which were
around them, and they did not
pursue the
sons of
Jacob.
~yir'[,h -l;[ ~yih{l/a t;Tix yih.y;w .W['SiY;w ? yen.B yer]x;a .Wp.d'r a{l.w ~,hyet{byib.s r,v]a ? b{q][;y
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So
Jacob came to
Luz (that is,
Bethel ),
which is in the
land of
Canaan, he and
all the
people who were with him.
awih !;[;n.K #,r,a.B r,v]a h'z.Wl b{q][;y a{b'Y;w ? w{Mi[ -r,v]a ~'['h -l'k.w a.Wh lea -tyeB
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He
built an
altar there, and
called the
place El-bethel,
because there God had
revealed Himself to him when he
fled from his
brother.
lea -tyeB lea ~w{q'M;l a'r.qiY;w ;xeB.zim ~'v !,biY;w ? yen.Pim w{x.r'b.B ~yih{l/a'h wy'lea .Wl.gin ~'v yiK ? wyix'a
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Now
Deborah,
Rebekah's nurse,
died, and she was
buried below * Bethel under the
oak; it was
named * Allon-bacuth.
t;x;Tim reb'QiT;w h'q.bir t,q,nyem h'r{b.D t'm'T;w ? !w{L;a w{m.v a'r.qiY;w !w{L;a'h t;x;T lea -tyeb.l ? t.Wk'B