Jacob Returns to Bethel 1 DBY And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar unto the God that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. BSB BSB: Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
2 DBY And Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments; BSB BSB: So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.
3 DBY and we will arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to the God that answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went. BSB BSB: Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
4 DBY And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods that were in their hand, and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the terebinth that is by Shechem. BSB BSB: So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
5 DBY 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. BSB BSB: As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
6 DBY And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. BSB BSB: So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
7 DBY And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God had appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother. BSB BSB: There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
8 DBY And Deborah, Rebecca's nurse, died; and she was buried beneath Bethel, under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth. BSB BSB: Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.
9 DBY And God appeared to Jacob again after he had come from Padan-Aram, and blessed him. BSB BSB: After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
10 DBY And God said to him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called his name Israel. BSB BSB: And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
11 DBY And God said to him, I am the Almighty God: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee; and kings shall come out of thy loins. BSB BSB: And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
12 DBY And the land that I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. BSB BSB: The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”
13 DBY And God went up from him in the place where he had talked with him. BSB BSB: Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.
14 DBY And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had talked with him, a pillar of stone, and poured on it a drink-offering, and poured oil on it. BSB BSB: So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.
15 DBY And Jacob called the name of the place where God had talked with him, Beth-el. BSB BSB: Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
Benjamin Born, Rachel Dies 16 DBY And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing. BSB BSB: Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
17 DBY And it came to pass when it went hard with her in her childbearing, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; for this also is a son for thee. BSB BSB: During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
18 DBY And it came to pass as her soul was departing — for she died — that she called his name Benoni; but his father called him Benjamin. BSB BSB: And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
19 DBY And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. BSB BSB: So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
20 DBY And Jacob erected a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day. BSB BSB: Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.
The Sons of Jacob (1 Chronicles 2:1–2)
21 DBY And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent on the other side of Migdal-Eder. BSB BSB: Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.
22 DBY 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 of it. And the sons of Jacob were twelve. BSB BSB: While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
23 DBY The sons of Leah: Reuben — Jacob's firstborn — and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun. BSB BSB: The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
24 DBY The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. BSB BSB: The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25 DBY And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant: Dan and Naphtali. BSB BSB: The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
26 DBY And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob that were born to him in Padan-Aram. BSB BSB: And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
The Death of Isaac 27 DBY And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre — to Kirjath-Arba, which is Hebron; where Abraham had sojourned, and Isaac. BSB BSB: Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
28 DBY And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years. BSB BSB: And Isaac lived 180 years.
29 DBY And Isaac expired and died, and was gathered to his peoples, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. BSB BSB: Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.