| NET Bible | English Standard Version |
| 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." | 1God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make 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 said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and 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 up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and 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 to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree that was near Shechem. |
| 5and they started on their journey. The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. | 5And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. |
| 6Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan. | 6And Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him, |
| 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. | 7and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when 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.) | 8And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth. |
| 9God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him. | 9God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, 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, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name 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 said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body. |
| 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 the land to your offspring after you.” |
| 13Then God went up from the place where he spoke with him. | 13Then God went up from him in 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. | 14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. |
| 15Jacob named the place where God spoke with him Bethel. | 15So Jacob called the name of 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. | 16Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. |
| 17When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for you are having another son." | 17And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for you have another son.” |
| 18With her dying breath, she named him Ben-Oni. But his father called him Benjamin instead. | 18And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name 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 she 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. | 20and Jacob set up a pillar over her tomb. It is the pillar of Rachel’s tomb, which is there to this day. |
| 21Then Israel traveled on and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder. | 21Israel journeyed on 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 lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine. And Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. |
| 23The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. | 23The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. |
| 24The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. | 24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. |
| 25The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant, were Dan and Naphtali. | 25The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant: 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. | 26The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant: Gad and Asher. These were 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. | 27And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned. |
| 28Isaac lived to be 180 years old. | 28Now the days of Isaac were 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. | 29And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. |
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