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Genesis 35
New International Version

### Jacob Returns to Bethel

35 Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel(A) and settle there, and build an altar(B) there to God,(C) who appeared to you(D) when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”(E)

2 So Jacob said to his household(F) and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods(G) you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.(H) 3 Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God,(I) who answered me in the day of my distress(J) and who has been with me wherever I have gone.(K)” 4 So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears,(L) and Jacob buried them under the oak(M) at Shechem.(N) 5 Then they set out, and the terror of God(O) fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.(P)

6 Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz(Q) (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.(R) 7 There he built an altar,(S) and he called the place El Bethel,[a](T) because it was there that God revealed himself to him(U) when he was fleeing from his brother.(V)

8 Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse,(W) died and was buried under the oak(X) outside Bethel.(Y) So it was named Allon Bakuth.[b]

9 After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram,[c](Z) God appeared to him again and blessed him.(AA) 10 God said to him, “Your name is Jacob,[d] but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.[e]”(AB) So he named him Israel.

11 And God said to him, “I am God Almighty[f];(AC) be fruitful and increase in number.(AD) A nation(AE) and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.(AF) 12 The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.(AG)”(AH) 13 Then God went up from him(AI) at the place where he had talked with him.

14 Jacob set up a stone pillar(AJ) at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering(AK) on it; he also poured oil on it.(AL) 15 Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.[g](AM)

### The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac(AN)

16 Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath,(AO) Rachel(AP) began to give birth and had great difficulty. 17 And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife(AQ) said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.”(AR) 18 As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni.[h](AS) But his father named him Benjamin.[i](AT)

19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath(AU) (that is, Bethlehem(AV)). 20 Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day(AW) that pillar marks Rachel’s tomb.(AX)

21 Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.(AY) 22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine(AZ) Bilhah,(BA) and Israel heard of it.

Jacob had twelve sons:

23 The sons of Leah:(BB)

Reuben the firstborn(BC) of Jacob,

Simeon, Levi, Judah,(BD) Issachar and Zebulun.(BE)

24 The sons of Rachel:

Joseph(BF) and Benjamin.(BG)

25 The sons of Rachel’s servant Bilhah:(BH)

Dan and Naphtali.(BI)

26 The sons of Leah’s servant Zilpah:(BJ)

Gad(BK) and Asher.(BL)

These were the sons of Jacob,(BM) who were born to him in Paddan Aram.(BN)

27 Jacob came home to his father Isaac(BO) in Mamre,(BP) near Kiriath Arba(BQ) (that is, Hebron),(BR) where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.(BS) 28 Isaac lived a hundred and eighty years.(BT) 29 Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people,(BU) old and full of years.(BV) And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.(BW)

#### Footnotes

1. Genesis 35:7 El Bethel means God of Bethel.
2. Genesis 35:8 Allon Bakuth means oak of weeping.
3. Genesis 35:9 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verse 26
4. Genesis 35:10 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.
5. Genesis 35:10 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
6. Genesis 35:11 Hebrew El-Shaddai
7. Genesis 35:15 Bethel means house of God.
8. Genesis 35:18 Ben-Oni means son of my trouble.
9. Genesis 35:18 Benjamin means son of my right hand.

#### Cross references

1. Genesis 35:1 : S Ge 12:8
2. Genesis 35:1 : S Ge 4:26; 8:20
3. Genesis 35:1 : ver 3
4. Genesis 35:1 : S Ge 12:7
5. Genesis 35:1 : ver 7; Ge 27:43
6. Genesis 35:2 : Ge 18:19; Jos 24:15
7. Genesis 35:2 : S Ge 31:19; S Jos 24:14
8. Genesis 35:2 : Ex 19:10, 14; Nu 8:7, 21; 19:19
9. Genesis 35:3 : ver 1
10. Genesis 35:3 : S Ge 32:7; S Jdg 2:15
11. Genesis 35:3 : S Ge 26:3
12. Genesis 35:4 : S Ge 24:22; Ex 32:3; 35:22; Jdg 8:24; Pr 25:12
13. Genesis 35:4 : ver 8
14. Genesis 35:4 : S Ge 12:6
15. Genesis 35:5 : Ex 15:16; 23:27; Dt 2:25; Jos 2:9; 1Sa 7:10; 13:7; 14:15; 2Ch 14:14; 17:10; 20:29; Ps 9:20; Isa 19:17; Zec 14:13
16. Genesis 35:5 : Ps 105:14
17. Genesis 35:6 : S Ge 28:19
18. Genesis 35:6 : S Ge 10:19
19. Genesis 35:7 : S Ge 8:20
20. Genesis 35:7 : Ge 28:19
21. Genesis 35:7 : S Ge 28:13
22. Genesis 35:7 : S ver 1
23. Genesis 35:8 : Ge 24:59
24. Genesis 35:8 : ver 4
25. Genesis 35:8 : S Ge 12:8; 1Sa 10:3
26. Genesis 35:9 : S Ge 25:20
27. Genesis 35:9 : S Ge 28:13; S 32:29
28. Genesis 35:10 : S Ge 17:5
29. Genesis 35:11 : S Ge 17:1
30. Genesis 35:11 : S Ge 12:2
31. Genesis 35:11 : S Ge 12:2
32. Genesis 35:11 : S Ge 17:6
33. Genesis 35:12 : S Ge 28:13
34. Genesis 35:12 : S Ge 12:7; S 15:7
35. Genesis 35:13 : S Ge 17:22
36. Genesis 35:14 : S Ge 28:22
37. Genesis 35:14 : Ex 29:40; Lev 23:13; Nu 6:15, 17; 15:5; 28:7, 14; 2Sa 23:16; 2Ch 29:35
38. Genesis 35:14 : S Ge 28:18
39. Genesis 35:15 : S Ge 12:8
40. Genesis 35:16 : 35:23-26pp — 1Ch 2:1-2
41. Genesis 35:16 : ver 19; Ge 48:7; Ru 1:2; 4:11; 1Sa 17:12; Mic 5:2
42. Genesis 35:16 : S Ge 29:6
43. Genesis 35:17 : Ge 38:28; Ex 1:15
44. Genesis 35:17 : S Ge 30:24
45. Genesis 35:18 : 1Sa 4:21; 14:3
46. Genesis 35:18 : ver 24; Ge 42:4; 43:16, 29; 45:12, 14; 49:27; Nu 1:36; Dt 33:12
47. Genesis 35:19 : S ver 16
48. Genesis 35:19 : Ge 48:7; Jos 19:15; Jdg 12:8; 17:7; 19:1, 18; Ru 1:1, 19; 1Sa 17:12; Mic 5:2
49. Genesis 35:20 : Jos 4:9; 7:26; 8:28; 10:27; 1Sa 6:18
50. Genesis 35:20 : 1Sa 10:2
51. Genesis 35:21 : Jos 15:21
52. Genesis 35:22 : S Ge 22:24
53. Genesis 35:22 : S Ge 29:29; S 34:5; S Lev 18:8
54. Genesis 35:23 : S Ge 29:16
55. Genesis 35:23 : Ge 43:33; 46:8
56. Genesis 35:23 : S Ge 29:35
57. Genesis 35:23 : S Ge 30:20
58. Genesis 35:24 : S Ge 30:24
59. Genesis 35:24 : S ver 18
60. Genesis 35:25 : Ge 37:2
61. Genesis 35:25 : S Ge 30:8
62. Genesis 35:26 : Ge 37:2
63. Genesis 35:26 : S Ge 30:11
64. Genesis 35:26 : S Ge 30:13
65. Genesis 35:26 : S Ge 34:30; 46:8; Ex 1:1-4
66. Genesis 35:26 : S Ge 25:20
67. Genesis 35:27 : Ge 31:18
68. Genesis 35:27 : S Ge 13:18
69. Genesis 35:27 : Ge 23:2; Jos 15:54; Jdg 1:10; Ne 11:25
70. Genesis 35:27 : S Ge 13:18
71. Genesis 35:27 : S Ge 17:8
72. Genesis 35:28 : S Ge 25:7, 20
73. Genesis 35:29 : S Ge 25:8
74. Genesis 35:29 : S Ge 15:15
75. Genesis 35:29 : S Ge 23:20; S 25:9

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