1 A nd 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.'

Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

2 A nd Jacob saith unto his household, and unto all who with him, `Turn aside the gods of the stranger which in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;

So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods which are among you, and purify yourselves and change your garments;

3 a nd 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.'

and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.”

4 A nd they give unto Jacob all the gods of the stranger that in their hand, and the rings that in their ears, and Jacob hideth them under the oak which by Shechem;

So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.

5 a nd they journey, and the terror of God is on the cities which round about them, and they have not pursued after the sons of Jacob.

As they journeyed, there was a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

6 A nd Jacob cometh in to Luz which in the land of Canaan (it Bethel), he and all the people who with him,

So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

7 a nd 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.

He built an altar there, and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled from his brother.

8 A nd 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.'

Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; it was named Allon-bacuth. Jacob Is Named Israel

9 A nd God appeareth unto Jacob again, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and blesseth him;

Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He blessed him.

10 a nd God saith to him, `Thy name Jacob: thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel is thy name;' and He calleth his name Israel.

God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; You shall no longer be called Jacob, But Israel shall be your name.” Thus He called him Israel.

11 A nd God saith to him, `I God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from thee, and kings from thy loins go out;

God also 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 come forth from you.

12 a nd 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.'

“ The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, And I will give the land to your descendants after you.”

13 A nd God goeth up from him, in the place where He hath spoken with him.

Then God went up from him in the place where He had spoken with him.

14 A nd 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;

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; he also poured oil on it.

15 a nd Jacob calleth the name of the place where God spake with him Bethel.

So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel.

16 A nd 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;

Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and she suffered severe labor.

17 a nd it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, `Fear not, for this also a son for thee.'

When she was in severe labor the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for now you have another son.”

18 A nd 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;

It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.

19 a nd Rachel dieth, and is buried in the way to Ephratha, which Bethlehem,

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

20 a nd Jacob setteth up a standing pillar over her grave; which the standing pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

Jacob set up a pillar over her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.

21 A nd Israel journeyeth, and stretcheth out his tent beyond the tower of Edar;

Then Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

22 a nd 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.

It came about while Israel was dwelling in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. The Sons of Israel Now there were twelve sons of Jacob—

23 A nd the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, then Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;

24 S ons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;

25 A nd sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant: Dan and Naphtali.

and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid: Dan and Naphtali;

26 A nd sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant: Gad and Asher. These sons of Jacob, who have been born to him in Padan-Aram.

and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

27 A nd Jacob cometh unto Isaac his father, at Mamre, the city of Arba (which Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac have sojourned.

Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.

28 A nd the days of Isaac are a hundred and eighty years,

Now the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years.

29 a nd Isaac expireth, and dieth, and is gathered unto his people, aged and satisfied with days; and bury him do Esau and Jacob his sons.

Isaac breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, an old man of ripe age; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.