= Genesis 35 Discussion * Please see [[nbp2:license|License]] for Copyright notice and Licensing information. == Genesis 35 === Jacob at God’s commandment goeth up to Bethel built an altar. 1 And God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau thy brother.” === He reformeth his household. 2 Then Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments; 3 and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.” 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak[a] which was by Shechem. === God maketh the enemies of Jacob afraid. 5 And they journeyed; and the terror of God was upon the cities that were around them, and they did not chase after the sons of Jacob. 6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el[b]; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother. === Deborah Dieth. 8 And Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth[c]. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said unto him, “Your name is Jacob; your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel shall be your name;” and he called his name Israel. 11 And God said to him, “I am God[d] Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your loins; === The land of Canaan is promised him. 12 and the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and to your seed after you I will give the land.” 13 And God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone: and he poured out a drink-offering thereon, and poured oil thereon. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Beth-el. 16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, “Fear not; for now you shall have another son.” === Rachel dieth in labor. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni[e]; but his father called him Benjamin[f]. 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem). 20 And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave: the same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day. 21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder. === Reuben lieth with his father’s concubine. 22 And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and 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, that were born to him in Paddan-aram. 27 And Jacob came to Isaac his father in Mamre, to Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. 28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years. 29 And Isaac and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him. == Notes [4] Or, terebinth [7] That is, The God of Beth-el. [8] That is, The oak of weeping. [11] Hebrew El Shaddai. [18] That is, The son of my sorrow. [18] That is, The son of the right hand. [29] That Esau helped bury his father and his head rests in his father’s sealed tomb, alludes to a midrash where Jacob killed Esau.