Jacob returns to Bethel, buries the foreign gods of his household, and God seals the covenant with Israel. Rachel dies in childbirth of Benjamin near Bethlehem.
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God said to Jacob arise go up to Bethel And live there Make there an altar to God who appeared to you When you fled from the face of Esau your brother Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him Put away the foreign gods that are amongst you Purify yourselves and change your garments
Let’s arise and go up to Bethel I will make there an altar to God Who answered me in the day of my distress And was with me on the way which I went They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands And the rings which were in their ears
Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem They travelled and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them And they did not pursue the sons of Jacob So Jacob came to Luz that is Bethel in the land of Canaan He and all the people who were with him
He built an altar there and called the place El Beth El Because there God was revealed to him When he fled from the face of his brother Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died and was buried below Bethel And its name was called Allon Bacuth
God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan Aram And blessed him God said to him your name is Jacob Your name shall not be Jacob any more But your name will be Israel He named him Israel
God said to him I am God Almighty Be fruitful and multiply A nation and a company of nations will be from you And kings will come out of your body The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give it to you and to your offspring after you
They travelled from Bethel There was still some distance to come to Ephrath And Rachel travailed She had hard labour And the midwife said to her don’t be afraid For now you will have another son
As her soul was departing for she died She named him Benoni But his father named him Benjamin Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath also called Bethlehem Jacob set up a pillar on her grave The same is the pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day
Israel travelled and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder The sons of Jacob were twelve The sons of Leah: Reuben Simeon Levi Judah Issachar and Zebulun The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre to Kiriath Arba which is Hebron
The days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years Isaac gave up the spirit and died And was gathered to his people old and full of days Esau and Jacob his sons buried him
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