The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 interea locutus est Deus ad Iacob surge et ascende Bethel et habita ibi facque altare Deo qui apparuit tibi quando fugiebas Esau fratrem tuum
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God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."
2 Iacob vero convocata omni domo sua ait abicite deos alienos qui in medio vestri sunt et mundamini ac mutate vestimenta vestra
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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 garments;
3 surgite et ascendamus in Bethel ut faciamus ibi altare Deo qui exaudivit me in die tribulationis meae et fuit socius itineris mei
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then let us arise and go up to Bethel, that I may make there an altar to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone."
4 dederunt ergo ei omnes deos alienos quos habebant et inaures quae erant in auribus eorum at ille infodit ea subter terebinthum quae est post urbem Sychem
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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 which was near Shechem.
5 cumque profecti essent terror Dei invasit omnes per circuitum civitates et non sunt ausi persequi recedentes
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And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were round about them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
6 venit igitur Iacob Luzam quae est in terra Chanaan cognomento Bethel ipse et omnis populus cum eo
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And Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him,
7 aedificavitque ibi altare et appellavit nomen loci Domus Dei ibi enim apparuit ei Deus cum fugeret fratrem suum
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and there he built an altar, and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.
8 eodem tempore mortua est Debbora nutrix Rebeccae et sepulta ad radices Bethel subter quercum vocatumque est nomen loci quercus Fletus
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And Deb'orah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel; so the name of it was called Al'lon-bacuth.
9 apparuit autem iterum Deus Iacob postquam reversus est de Mesopotamiam Syriae benedixitque ei
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God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.
10 dicens non vocaberis ultra Iacob sed Israhel erit nomen tuum et appellavit eum Israhel
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And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name." So his name was called Israel.
11 dixitque ei ego Deus omnipotens cresce et multiplicare gentes et populi nationum erunt ex te reges de lumbis tuis egredientur
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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 spring from you.
12 terramque quam dedi Abraham et Isaac dabo tibi et semini tuo post te
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The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your descendants after you."
13 et recessit ab eo
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Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him.
14 ille vero erexit titulum lapideum in loco quo locutus ei fuerat Deus libans super eum libamina et effundens oleum
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And 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 vocansque nomen loci Bethel
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So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel.
16 egressus inde venit verno tempore ad terram quae ducit Efratham in qua cum parturiret Rahel
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Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.
17 ob difficultatem partus periclitari coepit dixitque ei obsetrix noli timere quia et hunc habebis filium
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And when she was in her hard labor, the midwife said to her, "Fear not; for now you will have another son."
18 egrediente autem anima prae dolore et inminente iam morte vocavit nomen filii sui Benoni id est filius doloris mei pater vero appellavit eum Beniamin id est filius dexterae
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And as her soul was departing (for she died), she called his name Ben-o'ni; but his father called his name Benjamin.
19 mortua est ergo Rahel et sepulta in via quae ducit Efratham haec est Bethleem
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So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),
20 erexitque Iacob titulum super sepulchrum eius hic est titulus monumenti Rahel usque in praesentem diem
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and Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; it is the pillar of Rachel's tomb, which is there to this day.
21 egressus inde fixit tabernaculum trans turrem Gregis
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Israel journeyed on, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
22 cumque habitaret in illa regione abiit Ruben et dormivit cum Bala concubina patris sui quod illum minime latuit erant autem filii Iacob duodecim
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While Israel dwelt 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 filii Liae primogenitus Ruben et Symeon et Levi et Iudas et Isachar et Zabulon
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The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's first-born), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Is'sachar, and Zeb'ulun.
24 filii Rahel Ioseph et Beniamin
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The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
25 filii Balae ancillae Rahelis Dan et Nepthalim
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The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naph'tali.
26 filii Zelphae ancillae Liae Gad et Aser hii filii Iacob qui nati sunt ei in Mesopotamiam Syriae
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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 venit etiam ad Isaac patrem suum in Mambre civitatem Arbee haec est Hebron in qua peregrinatus est Abraham et Isaac
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And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kir'iath-ar'ba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.
28 et conpleti sunt dies Isaac centum octoginta annorum
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Now the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.
29 consumptusque aetate mortuus est et adpositus populo suo senex et plenus dierum et sepelierunt eum Esau et Iacob filii sui
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And Isaac breathed his last; and 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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