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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 come from your own body.
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And God said to him, “I am God Almighty ; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.
12 The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you."
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The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”
13 Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him.
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Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him.
14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it.
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Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.
15 So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
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Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.
16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor.
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Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.
17 And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, for you have another son."
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And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.”
18 And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni;but his father called him Benjamin.
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As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.
19 So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),
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So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
20 and Jacob set up a pillar over her tomb. It is the pillar of Rachel's tomb, which is there to this day.
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Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel’s tomb.
21 Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
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Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.
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