Then God said to Jacob, Get up, go up to Bethel, and live there; and build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from the face of your brother Esau. 2 And Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, Put away the gods of the foreigners which are among you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes; 3 and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and there I will build an altar to the God who answered me on the day of my distress, and has been with me on the journey I have made. 4 And they gave to Jacob all the gods of the foreigners which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak that was near Shechem.

5 And they set out, and the terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. 6 And Jacob came to Luz which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, together with all the people who were with him. 7 And there he built an altar, and called the place El Bethel,* for there the angels of God had been revealed** to him when he fled from his brother's face. 8 And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel, under an oak; and it was given the name of Allon-bakhuth.*** * That is God of Bethel ** lit the gods had been revealed *** That is Oak of weeping

9 And God appeared again to Jacob when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, Your name is Jacob; your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel shall be your name. And he named him Israel. 11 And God said to him, I am God Shaddai: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and an assembly of nations shall be from you, and kings shall spring from your loins. 12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac I give to you, and I will give the land to your descendants after you. 13 And God went up from over him in the place where he had talked with him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had talked with him, a stone pillar; and he poured a drink-offering on it, and poured oil on it. 15 And Jacob named the place where God had talked with him, Bethel.

16 And they set out from Bethel; and while there was still a stretch of land before they came to Ephrath, Rachel was in labour, and she suffered severely in her child-bearing. 17 And while she was suffering so severely in her child-bearing, the midwife said to her, Do not be afraid, for this also is a son for you. 18 And then as her life left her (for she died), she called his name Ben-oni,* but his father called him Benjamin.** 19 So Rachel died, and was buried on the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem. 20 And Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel's grave at this day. 21 And Israel went on, and he pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder. * That is Son of my sorrow ** That is Son of the right hand

22 And while Israel was living in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it.

23 And the sons of Jacob were twelve. The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. 24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Naphtali. 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

27 And Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre, to Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had settled. 28 And the age of Isaac was a hundred and eighty years. 29 And Isaac expired and died, and was gathered to his people, old and satisfied with life; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.