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And Godsaid unto Jacob,Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
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Then Jacobsaid unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strangegods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
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And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
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And they gave unto Jacob all the strangegods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacobhid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
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And Godsaid unto him, I am GodAlmighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
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And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he pouredoil thereon.
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And it came to pass, when Israeldwelt in that land, that Reubenwent and lay with Bilhah his father'sconcubine: and Israelheard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve*: