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11 God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Have many children and grow in number as a nation. You will be the ancestor of many nations and kings.
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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 same land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you and your descendants."
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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 left him.
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Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him.
14 Jacob set up a stone on edge in that place where God had talked to him, and he poured a drink offering and olive oil on it to make it special for God.
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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 And Jacob named the place Bethel.
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Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.
16 Jacob and his group left Bethel. Before they came to Ephrath, Rachel began giving birth to her baby,
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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 but she was having much trouble. When Rachel's nurse saw this, she said, "Don't be afraid, Rachel. You are giving birth to 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 Rachel gave birth to the son, but she herself died. As she lay dying, she named the boy Son of My Suffering, but Jacob 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 Rachel was buried on the road to Ephrath, a district of 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 rock on her grave to honor her. That rock is still there.
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Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel’s tomb.
21 Then Israeln continued his journey and camped just south of Migdal Eder.
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Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.
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