Jacob Returns to Bethel 1 ULT Then God said to Jacob,“Get up, go up to Bethel and settle there, and make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you were fleeing from the presence of Esau your 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 ULT So Jacob said to his household and to all who{ were} with him,“Remove the foreign gods that{ are} among you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes. 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 ULT Then let us get up and go up to Bethel, and there I will make an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress. And he has been with me in the way that I have gone.” 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 ULT So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that{ were} in their hand{ s} and the rings that{ were} in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree that{ was} 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 ULT Then they set out, and the dread of God was on the cities that{ were} around them, so that 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 ULT Then Jacob came to Luz, which{ is} Bethel, which{ is} in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who{ were} with him. BSB BSB: So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
7 ULT And there he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from the presence 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 ULT Then Deborah, the nurse of Rebekah, died and was buried below Bethel, under the oak tree. So he called its name Allon Bacuth. BSB BSB: Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.
9 ULT Then God appeared to Jacob again when he had come from Paddan Aram, and he blessed him, BSB BSB: After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
10 ULT and God said to him,“Your name{ is} Jacob. Your name will not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel will be your name!” So 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 ULT Then God said to him,“I{ am} God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and an assembly of peoples will be from you, and kings will come from your 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 ULT And the land that I gave to Abraham and to Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your descendants after you.” 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 ULT Then God went up from him at the place where he spoke with him. BSB BSB: Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.
14 ULT Then Jacob set up a pillar at the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone, and he poured a drink offering on it, and he 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 ULT And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him Bethel. BSB BSB: Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
Benjamin Born, Rachel Dies 16 ULT Then they set out from Bethel, and there was still a distance of land to come to Ephrath. Then Rachel started giving birth but was having great difficulty while she was giving birth. 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 ULT And it happened when she was in hard labor, then the midwife said to her,“Do not be afraid, because this{ is} also a son for you!” BSB BSB: During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
18 ULT Then it happened as her soul was leaving{ her}— for she was dying, then she called his name Ben- oni, 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 ULT So 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 ULT And Jacob set up a pillar over 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 ULT Then Israel set out and pitched his tents beyond Migdal Eder. BSB BSB: Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.
22 ULT And it happened while Israel was living in that land, then Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, the concubine of his father, and Israel heard. Now 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 ULT The sons of Leah{ were} Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, then 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 ULT The sons of Rachel{ were} Joseph and Benjamin. BSB BSB: The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25 ULT And the sons of Bilhah, the maidservant of Rachel,{ were} Dan and Naphtali. BSB BSB: The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
26 ULT And the sons of Zilpah, the maidservant of Leah,{ were} Gad and Asher. Those{ are} the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan 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 ULT Then Jacob came to Isaac his father in Mamre, Kiriath Arba, which{ is} Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned. BSB BSB: Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
28 ULT And the days of Isaac were 180 years. BSB BSB: And Isaac lived 180 years.
29 ULT Then Isaac exhaled and died, and he was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And Esau and Jacob, his sons, 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.