| NET Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Then God said to Jacob, "Go up at once to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau." | 1Then 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.” |
| 2So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes. | 2So 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. |
| 3Let us go up at once to Bethel. Then I will make an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress and has been with me wherever I went." | 3Then 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.” |
| 4So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem | 4So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem. |
| 5and they started on their journey. The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. | 5As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons. |
| 6Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan. | 6So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan. |
| 7He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother. | 7There 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(Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of Weeping.) | 8Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth. |
| 9God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him. | 9After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him. |
| 10God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob; Israel will be your name." So God named him Israel. | 10And 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. |
| 11Then God said to him, "I am the sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation--even a company of nations--will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants! | 11And 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. |
| 12The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you. To your descendants I will also give this land." | 12The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.” |
| 13Then God went up from the place where he spoke with him. | 13Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him. |
| 14So Jacob set up a sacred stone pillar in the place where God spoke with him. He poured out a drink offering on it, and then he poured oil on it. | 14So 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. |
| 15Jacob named the place where God spoke with him Bethel. | 15Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel. |
| 16They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, Rachel went into labor--and her labor was hard. | 16Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult. |
| 17When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for you are having another son." | 17During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.” |
| 18With her dying breath, she named him Ben-Oni. But his father called him Benjamin instead. | 18And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin. |
| 19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). | 19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). |
| 20Jacob set up a marker over her grave; it is the Marker of Rachel's Grave to this day. | 20Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day. |
| 21Then Israel traveled on and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder. | 21Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder. |
| 22While Israel was living in that land, Reuben had sexual relations with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons: | 22While 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: |
| 23The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. | 23The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. |
| 24The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. | 24The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. |
| 25The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant, were Dan and Naphtali. | 25The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali. |
| 26The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram. | 26And 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. |
| 27So Jacob came back to his father Isaac in Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed. | 27Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed. |
| 28Isaac lived to be 180 years old. | 28And Isaac lived 180 years. |
| 29Then Isaac breathed his last and joined his ancestors. He died an old man who had lived a full life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him. | 29Then 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. |
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