1 Then Godsaid to Jacob, "Arise, go up to 1Bethel and livethere, and make an altarthere to 2God, who appeared to you 3when you fled from your brotherEsau."
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So Jacobsaid to his 4household and to allwho were with him, "Putaway5the foreigngodswhich are among you, and 6purify yourselves and change your garments;
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and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make7an altarthere to God, 8who answered me in the day of my distress and 9has been with me wherever* I have gone."
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So they gave to Jacoball the foreigngodswhich they had and the ringswhich were in their ears, and Jacobhid them under the oakwhich was nearShechem.
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As they journeyed, there was 10a greatterror upon the citieswhich were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
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So Jacobcame to 11Luz (that is, Bethel ), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the peoplewho were with him.
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12He built an altarthere, and called the placeEl-bethel, becausethereGod had revealed Himself to him when he fled from his brother.
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Now 13Deborah, Rebekah'snurse, died, and she was buriedbelow*Bethelunder the oak; it was named*Allon-bacuth.
Jacob Is Named Israel
9 Then Godappeared to Jacobagain when he came from Paddan-aram, and He 14blessed him.
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15Godsaid to him, "Your name is Jacob; You shall nolonger be calledJacob, But Israel shall be your name." Thus He called him Israel.
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God also said to him, "I am 16GodAlmighty; 17Be fruitful and multiply; A nation and a 18company of nations shall come from you, And 19kings shall comeforth from you.
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"20The landwhich I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, And I will give the land to your descendants after you."
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Then 21Godwent up from him in the placewhere He had spoken with him.
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Jacobset up 22a pillar in the placewhere He had spoken with him, a pillar of stone, and he poured out a drinkoffering on it; he also pouredoil on it.
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So Jacobnamed* the placewhere*God had spoken with him, 23Bethel.
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Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was stillsomedistance* to go to 24Ephrath, Rachel began to givebirth and she sufferedseverelabor.
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When she was in severelabor the midwifesaid to her, "Do not fear, for now*25you have another son."
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It came about as her soul was departing (for she died ), that she named* him Ben-oni; but his fathercalled him Benjamin.
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So 26Racheldied and was buried on the way to 27Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem ).
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Jacobset up a pillarover her grave; that is the 28pillar of Rachel'sgrave to this day.
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Then Israeljourneyed on and pitched his tentbeyond* the 29tower of Eder.
It came about while Israel was dwelling in that land, that 30Reubenwent and lay with Bilhah his father'sconcubine, and Israelheard of it.