35 1 Jacob at God’s commandment goeth up to Bethel built an altar. 2 He reformeth his household. 5 God maketh the enemies of Jacob afraid. 8 Deborah dieth. 12 The land of Canaan is promised him. 18 Rachel dieth in labor. 22 Reuben lieth with his father’s concubine.

¹ Then ^[a]God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there, and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee, ^(A)when thou fleddest from Esau thy brother.

² Then said Jacob unto his household and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and ^[b]cleanse yourselves, and change your garments:

³ For we will rise and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there unto God, which heard me in the day of my tribulation, and was with me in the way which I went.

⁴ And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods, which were in their hands, and all their ^[c]earrings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under an oak, which was by Shechem.

⁵ Then they went on their journey, and the ^[d]fear of God was upon the cities that were round about them: so that they did not follow after the sons of Jacob.

⁶ ¶ So came Jacob to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan: (the same is Bethel) he and all the people that were with him.

⁷ And he built there an altar, and ^(B)had called the place, The God of Bethel, because that God appeared unto him there, when he fled from his brother.

⁸ But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and he called the name of it ^[e]Allon Bachuth.

⁹ Again God appeared unto Jacob, after he came to Padan Aram, and blessed him.

¹⁰ Moreover God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall be no more called Jacob, but ^(C)Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

¹¹ And God said unto him, I am God ^[f]all-sufficient: grow, and multiply: a nation and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

¹² Also I will give the land, which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, unto thee: and unto thy seed after thee will I give that land.

¹³ So God ^[g]ascended from him in the place where he had talked with him.

¹⁴ And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, a pillar of stone, and poured drink offerings thereon: also he poured oil thereon.

¹⁵ And Jacob called the name of that place where God spake with him, Bethel.

¹⁶ ¶ Then they departed from Bethel, and when there was ^[h]about half a day’s journey of ground to come to Ephrath, Rachel travailed, and in travailing she was in peril.

¹⁷ And when she was in the pains of her labor, the midwife said unto her, Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also.

¹⁸ Then as she was about to yield up the ghost (for she died) she called his name Ben-Oni, but his father called him Benjamin.

¹⁹ Thus ^(D)died Rachel and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

²⁰ And Jacob set a ^[i]pillar upon her grave: This is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

²¹ ¶ Then Israel went forward, and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.

²² Now when Israel dwelt in that land, Reuben went and ^[j]lay ^(E)with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and it came to Israel’s ear. And Jacob had twelve sons.

²³ The sons of Leah: Reuben Jacob’s eldest son, 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 maid: Dan and Naphtali:

²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah Leah’s maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born him in Padan Aram.

²⁷ ¶ Then Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre a city of Kirjath Arbah: that is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac were strangers.

²⁸ And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

²⁹ And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was ^(F)gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.