GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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12 I will give you the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac. I will also give this land to 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 went up from him at 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 So Jacob set up a memorial, a stone marker, to mark the place where God had spoken with him. He poured a wine offering and olive 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 Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel [House of God].
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Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.
16 Then they moved on from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor and was having severe labor pains.
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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 During one of her pains, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid! You're having 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 was dying. As she took her last breath, she named her son Benoni [Son of My Sorrow], but his father named him Benjamin [Son of My Right Hand].
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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 died and 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 Then Jacob set up a stone as a marker for her grave. The same marker is at Rachel's grave today.
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Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel’s tomb.
21 Israel moved on again and put up his tent beyond Migdal Eder.
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Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.
22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went to bed with his father's concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had 12 sons.
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While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it. Jacob had twelve sons:
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