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1 In the mean time God said to Jacob: Arise and go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee when thou didst flee from Esau, thy brother.
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God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."
2 And Jacob having called together all his household, said: Cast away the strange gods that are among you, and be cleansed, and change your garments.
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So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your clothes;
3 Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, that we may make there an altar to God; who heard me in the day of my affliction, and accompanied me in my journey.
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then come, let us go up to Bethel, that I may make an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone."
4 So they gave him all the strange gods they had, and the earrings which were in their ears: and he buried them under the turpentine tree, that is behind the city of Sichem.
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So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak that was near Shechem.
5 And when they were departed, the terror of God fell upon all the cities round about, and they durst not pursue after them as they went away.
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As they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities all around them, so that no one pursued them.
6 And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, surnamed Bethel: he and all the people that were with him.
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Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him,
7 And he built there an altar, and called the name of that place, The house of God: for there God appeared to him when he fled from his brother.
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and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.
8 At the same time Debora, the nurse of Rebecca, died, and was buried at the foot of Bethel, under an oak, and the name of that place was called, The oak of weeping.
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And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So it was called Allon-bacuth.
9 And God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him,
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God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and he blessed him.
10 Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel.
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God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; no longer shall you be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name." So he was called Israel.
11 And said to him: I am God almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.
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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 spring from you.
12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
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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."
13 And he departed from him.
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Then God went up from him at the place where he had spoken with him.
14 But he set up a monument of stone, in the place where God had spoken to him: pouring drink offerings upon it, and pouring oil thereon:
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Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.
15 And calling the name of that place Bethel.
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So Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
16 And going forth from thence, he came in the spring time to the land which leadeth to Ephrata: wherein when Rachel was in travail,
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Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel was in childbirth, and she had hard labor.
17 By reason of her hard labour, she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also.
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When she was in her hard labor, the midwife said to her, "Do not be afraid; for now you will have another son."
18 And when her soul was departing for pain, and death was now at hand, she called the name of her son Benoni, that is, the son of my pain: but his father called him Benjamin, that is, the son of the right hand.
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As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.
19 So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, this is Bethlehem.
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So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),
20 And Jacob erected a pillar over her sepulchre: this is the pillar of Rachel’s monument, to this day.
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and Jacob set up a pillar at her grave; it is the pillar of Rachel's tomb, which is there to this day.
21 Departing thence, he pitched his tent beyond the Flock tower.
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Israel journeyed on, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
22 And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
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While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
23 The sons of Lia: Ruben the first born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Juda, and Issachar, and Zabulon.
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The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
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The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
25 The sons of Bala, Rachel’s handmaid: Dan and Nephthali.
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The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali.
26 The sons of Zelpha, Lia’s handmaid: Gad and Aser: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.
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The sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
27 And he came to Isaac his father in Mambre, the city of Arbee, this is Hebron: wherein Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
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Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had resided as aliens.
28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.
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Now the days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.
29 And being spent with age he died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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And Isaac breathed his last; he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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