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| [1]And God saith unto Jacob, `Rise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared unto thee in thy fleeing from the face of Esau thy brother.' |
[1]And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. |
| [2]And Jacob saith unto his household, and unto all who [are] with him, `Turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments; |
[2]Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: |
| [3]and we rise, and go up to Bethel, and I make there an altar to God, who is answering me in the day of my distress, and is with me in the way that I have gone.' |
[3]And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. |
| [4]And they give unto Jacob all the gods of the stranger that [are] in their hand, and the rings that [are] in their ears, and Jacob hideth them under the oak which [is] by Shechem; |
[4]And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. |
| [5]and they journey, and the terror of God is on the cities which [are] round about them, and they have not pursued after the sons of Jacob. |
[5]And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. |
| [6]And Jacob cometh in to Luz which [is] in the land of Canaan (it [is] Bethel), he and all the people who [are] with him, |
[6]So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. |
| [7]and he buildeth there an altar, and proclaimeth at the place the God of Bethel: for there had God been revealed unto him, in his fleeing from the face of his brother. |
[7]And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. |
| [8]And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, dieth, and she is buried at the lower part of Bethel, under the oak, and he calleth its name `Oak of weeping.' |
[8]But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. |
| [9]And God appeareth unto Jacob again, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and blesseth him; |
[9]And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. |
| [10]and God saith to him, `Thy name [is] Jacob: thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel is thy name;' and He calleth his name Israel. |
[10]And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. |
| [11]And God saith to him, `I [am] God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from thee, and kings from thy loins go out; |
[11]And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; |
| [12]and the land which I have given to Abraham and to Isaac -- to thee I give it, yea to thy seed after thee I give the land.' |
[12]And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. |
| [13]And God goeth up from him, in the place where He hath spoken with him. |
[13]And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. |
| [14]And Jacob setteth up a standing pillar in the place where He hath spoken with him, a standing pillar of stone, and he poureth on it an oblation, and he poureth on it oil; |
[14]And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. |
| [15]and Jacob calleth the name of the place where God spake with him Bethel. |
[15]And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel. |
| [16]And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a kibrath of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel beareth, and is sharply pained in her bearing; |
[16]And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. |
| [17]and it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, `Fear not, for this also [is] a son for thee.' |
[17]And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. |
| [18]And it cometh to pass in the going out of her soul (for she died), that she calleth his name Ben-Oni; and his father called him Benjamin; |
[18]And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. |
| [19]and Rachel dieth, and is buried in the way to Ephratha, which [is] Bethlehem, |
[19]And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. |
| [20]and Jacob setteth up a standing pillar over her grave; which [is] the standing pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. |
[20]And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. |
| [21]And Israel journeyeth, and stretcheth out his tent beyond the tower of Edar; |
[21]And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. |
| [22]and it cometh to pass in Israel's dwelling in that land, that Reuben goeth, and lieth with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heareth. |
[22]And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: |
| [23]And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun. |
[23]The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: |
| [24]Sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. |
[24]The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: |
| [25]And sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant: Dan and Naphtali. |
[25]And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: |
| [26]And sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant: Gad and Asher. These [are] sons of Jacob, who have been born to him in Padan-Aram. |
[26]And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram. |
| [27]And Jacob cometh unto Isaac his father, at Mamre, the city of Arba (which [is] Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac have sojourned. |
[27]And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. |
| [28]And the days of Isaac are a hundred and eighty years, |
[28]And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. |
| [29]and Isaac expireth, and dieth, and is gathered unto his people, aged and satisfied with days; and bury him do Esau and Jacob his sons. |
[29]And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. |