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1. God said to Jacob, "Go to the town of Bethel. That is where I appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau. Live there and make an altar to honor me as El, the God who appeared to you."
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1. And God H430 said H559 unto H413 Jacob H3290 , Arise H6965 , go up H5927 to Bethel H1008 , and dwell H3427 there H8033 : and make H6213 there H8033 an altar H4196 unto God H410 , that appeared H7200 unto H413 thee when thou fleddest H1272 from the face H4480 H6440 of Esau H6215 thy brother H251 .
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2. So Jacob told his family and all the other people with him, "Destroy all these foreign gods that you have. Make yourselves pure. Put on clean clothes.
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2. Then Jacob H3290 said H559 unto H413 his household H1004 , and to H413 all H3605 that H834 were with H5973 him , Put away H5493 H853 the strange H5236 gods H430 that H834 are among H8432 you , and be clean H2891 , and change H2498 your garments H8071 :
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3. We will leave here and go to Bethel. There I will build an altar to the God who has always helped me during times of trouble. He has been with me wherever I have gone."
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3. And let us arise H6965 , and go up H5927 to Bethel H1008 ; and I will make H6213 there H8033 an altar H4196 unto God H410 , who answered H6030 me in the day H3117 of my distress H6869 , and was H1961 with H5973 me in the way H1870 which H834 I went H1980 .
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4. So the people gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had, and they gave him all the rings they were wearing in their ears. He buried everything under an oak tree near the town called Shechem.
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4. And they gave H5414 unto H413 Jacob H3290 H853 all H3605 the strange H5236 gods H430 which H834 were in their hand H3027 , and all their earrings H5141 which H834 were in their ears H241 ; and Jacob H3290 hid H2934 them under H8478 the oak H424 which H834 was by H5973 Shechem H7927 .
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5. Then Jacob and his sons left that place. The people in the surrounding cities wanted to follow and kill them, but God filled them with such great fear that they did not go after them.
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5. And they journeyed H5265 : and the terror H2847 of God H430 was H1961 upon H5921 the cities H5892 that H834 were round about H5439 them , and they did not H3808 pursue H7291 after H310 the sons H1121 of Jacob H3290 .
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6. So Jacob and his people went to Luz, which is now called Bethel. It is in the land of Canaan.
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6. So Jacob H3290 came H935 to Luz H3870 , which H834 is in the land H776 of Canaan H3667 , that H1931 is , Bethel H1008 , he H1931 and all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 were with H5973 him.
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7. Jacob built an altar there. He named the place "El Bethel." Jacob chose this name because that is the place where God first appeared to him when he was running from his brother.
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7. And he built H1129 there H8033 an altar H4196 , and called H7121 the place H4725 El H416 -bethel: because H3588 there H8033 God H430 appeared H1540 unto H413 him , when he fled H1272 from the face H4480 H6440 of his brother H251 .
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8. Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died there. They buried her under the oak tree at Bethel. They named that place Allon Bacuth.
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8. But Deborah H1683 Rebekah H7259 's nurse H3243 died H4191 , and she was buried H6912 beneath H4480 H8478 Bethel H1008 under H8478 an oak H437 : and the name H8034 of it was called H7121 Allon H439 -bachuth.
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9. When Jacob came back from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again. God blessed Jacob
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9. And God H430 appeared H7200 unto H413 Jacob H3290 again H5750 , when he came H935 out of Padan H4480 H6307 -aram , and blessed H1288 him.
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10. and said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but I will change that name. You will no longer be called Jacob. Your new name will be Israel. " So God named him Israel.
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10. And God H430 said H559 unto him , Thy name H8034 is Jacob H3290 : thy name H8034 shall not H3808 be called H7121 any more H5750 Jacob H3290 , but H3588 H518 Israel H3478 shall be H1961 thy name H8034 : and he called H7121 H853 his name H8034 Israel H3478 .
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11. God said to him, "I am God All- Powerful, and I give you this blessing: Have many children and grow into a great nation. Other nations and other kings will come out of you.
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11. And God H430 said H559 unto him, I H589 am God H410 Almighty H7706 : be fruitful H6509 and multiply H7235 ; a nation H1471 and a company H6951 of nations H1471 shall be H1961 of H4480 thee , and kings H4428 shall come out H3318 of thy loins H4480 H2504 ;
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12. I gave Abraham and Isaac some special land. Now I give the land to you and to all your people who will live after you."
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12. And the land H776 which H834 I gave H5414 Abraham H85 and Isaac H3327 , to thee I will give H5414 it , and to thy seed H2233 after H310 thee will I give H5414 H853 the land H776 .
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13. Then God left that place.
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13. And God H430 went up H5927 from H4480 H5921 him in the place H4725 where H834 he talked H1696 with H854 him.
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14. Jacob set up a memorial stone there. He made the rock holy by pouring wine and oil on it. This was a special place because God spoke to Jacob there, and Jacob named the place Bethel.
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14. And Jacob H3290 set up H5324 a pillar H4676 in the place H4725 where H834 he talked H1696 with H854 him, even a pillar H4678 of stone H68 : and he poured H5258 a drink offering H5262 thereon H5921 , and he poured H3332 oil H8081 thereon H5921 .
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15. And Jacob H3290 called H7121 H853 the name H8034 of the place H4725 where H834 God H430 spoke H1696 with H854 him, Bethel H1008 .
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16. Jacob and his group left Bethel. Before they came to Ephrath, Rachel began giving birth to her baby.
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16. And they journeyed H5265 from Bethel H4480 H1008 ; and there was H1961 but H5750 a little way H3530 H776 to come H935 to Ephrath H672 : and Rachel H7354 travailed H3205 , and she had hard H7185 labor H3205 .
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17. She was having a lot of trouble with this birth. She was in great pain. When her nurse saw this, she said, "Don't be afraid, Rachel. You are giving birth to another son."
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17. And it came to pass H1961 , when she was in hard H7185 labor H3205 , that the midwife H3205 said H559 unto her, Fear H3372 not H408 ; thou shalt have this H2088 son H1121 also H1571 .
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18. Rachel died while giving birth to the son. Before dying, she named the boy Benoni. But Jacob called him Benjamin.
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18. And it came to pass H1961 , as her soul H5315 was in departing H3318 , ( for H3588 she died H4191 ) that she called H7121 his name H8034 Ben H1126 -oni : but his father H1 called H7121 him Benjamin H1144 .
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19. Rachel was buried on the road to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
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19. And Rachel H7354 died H4191 , and was buried H6912 in the way H1870 to Ephrath H672 , which H1931 is Bethlehem H1035 .
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20. Jacob put a special rock on Rachel's grave to honor her. That special rock is still there today.
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20. And Jacob H3290 set H5324 a pillar H4676 upon H5921 her grave H6900 : that H1931 is the pillar H4678 of Rachel H7354 's grave H6900 unto H5704 this day H3117 .
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21. Then Israel continued his journey. He camped just south of Eder tower.
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21. And Israel H3478 journeyed H5265 , and spread H5186 his tent H168 beyond H4480 H1973 the tower H4026 of Edar H4029 .
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22. Israel stayed there for a short time. While he was there, Reuben slept with Israel's slave woman Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons.
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22. And it came to pass H1961 , when Israel H3478 dwelt H7931 in that H1931 land H776 , that Reuben H7205 went H1980 and lay with H7901 H853 Bilhah H1090 his father H1 's concubine H6370 : and Israel H3478 heard H8085 it . Now the sons H1121 of Jacob H3290 were H1961 twelve H8147 H6240 :
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23. Jacob and Leah's sons were his firstborn son Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
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23. The sons H1121 of Leah H3812 ; Reuben H7205 , Jacob H3290 's firstborn H1060 , and Simeon H8095 , and Levi H3878 , and Judah H3063 , and Issachar H3485 , and Zebulun H2074 :
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24. Jacob and Rachel's sons were Joseph and Benjamin.
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24. The sons H1121 of Rachel H7354 ; Joseph H3130 , and Benjamin H1144 :
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25. Bilhah was Rachel's maid. Jacob and Bilhah's sons were Dan and Naphtali.
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25. And the sons H1121 of Bilhah H1090 , Rachel H7354 's handmaid H8198 ; Dan H1835 , and Naphtali H5321 :
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26. Zilpah was Leah's maid. Jacob and Zilpah's sons were Gad and Asher. These are Jacob's sons who were born in Paddan Aram.
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26. And the sons H1121 of Zilpah H2153 , Leah H3812 's handmaid H8198 ; Gad H1410 , and Asher H836 : these H428 are the sons H1121 of Jacob H3290 , which H834 were born H3205 to him in Padan H6307 -aram.
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27. Jacob went to his father Isaac at Mamre in Kiriath Arba (Hebron). This is where Abraham and Isaac had lived.
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27. And Jacob H3290 came H935 unto H413 Isaac H3327 his father H1 unto Mamre H4471 , unto the city of Arbah H7153 , which H1931 is Hebron H2275 , where H834 H8033 Abraham H85 and Isaac H3327 sojourned H1481 .
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28. Isaac lived 180 years.
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28. And the days H3117 of Isaac H3327 were H1961 a hundred H3967 and fourscore H8084 years H8141 .
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29. Then Isaac became weak and died and went to be with his people. He had lived a long and full life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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29. And Isaac H3327 gave up the ghost H1478 , and died H4191 , and was gathered H622 unto H413 his people H5971 , being old H2205 and full H7649 of days H3117 : and his sons H1121 Esau H6215 and Jacob H3290 buried H6912 him.
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