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<span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>then let us get up and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So they gave Jacob all the [idols and images of the] foreign gods they had and the rings which were in their ears [worn as charms against evil], and Jacob buried them under the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>oak tree near Shechem. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>As they journeyed, there was a great [supernatural] terror [sent from God] on the cities around them, and [for that reason] the Canaanites did not pursue the sons of Jacob. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>There he built an altar [to worship the LORD], and called the place El-bethel (God of the House of God), because there God had revealed Himself to him when he escaped from his brother. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Now Deborah, [who once was] Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried below Bethel under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth (Oak of Weeping). <p class="hdg">Jacob Is Named Israel</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then God [in a visible manifestation] appeared to Jacob again when he came out of Paddan-aram, and declared a blessing on him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Again God said to him, <p class="indent1stline">“Your name is Jacob; <t><p class="indent1">You shall no longer be called Jacob, <t><p class="indent1">But Israel shall be your name.” <p class="R">So he was called <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And God said to him, <p class="indent1stline">“I am <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>God Almighty. <t><p class="indent1">Be fruitful and multiply; <t><p class="indent1">A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, <t><p class="indent1">And kings shall be born of your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>loins. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac <t><p class="indent1">I will give to you, <t><p class="indent1">and to your descendants after you I will give the land.” <A><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then God ascended from Jacob in the place where He had spoken with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Jacob set up a pillar (memorial, monument) in the place where he had talked with God, a pillar of stone, and he poured a drink offering [of wine] on it; he also poured oil on it [to declare it sacred for God’s purpose]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel (the House of God). <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath (Bethlehem), Rachel began to give birth and had difficulty <i>and</i> suffered severely. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When she was in hard labor the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid; you now have another son.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And as her soul was departing, (for she died), she named him Ben-oni (son of my sorrow); but his father called him Benjamin (<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>son of the right hand). <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Jacob set a pillar (memorial, monument) on her grave; that is the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then Israel (Jacob) journeyed on and pitched his tent on the other side of the tower of Eder [the lookout point used by shepherds]. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>While Israel was living in that land, Reuben [his eldest son] went and lay with Bilhah his father’s <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>concubine, and Israel heard about it. <p class="hdg">The Sons of Israel</p> <p class="paragraph"> Now Jacob had twelve sons-- <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>and the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid: Dan and Naphtali; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob born to him in Paddan-aram. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived temporarily. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Now the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/35-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Isaac’s spirit departed and he died and was <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death], an old man full of days (satisfied, fulfilled); his sons Esau and Jacob buried him [in the cave of Machpelah with his parents Abraham and Sarah].<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> This appears to have been a special tree of uncertain type, perhaps a terebinth tree that had significance for pagan worship.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> “He who strives with God” or “God strives” or “Prince of God.”<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Heb <i>El Shaddai,</i> the sufficient and powerful One.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> The midsection of the body between the lower ribs and the hips. Often a euphemism for the human genitals.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> This had a positive meaning, like a “right-hand man,” a son in a position of importance and honor.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> This pillar was still visible at the time when Moses lived.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> See note 22:24.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">29</span> See note 25:8.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../genesis/34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Genesis 34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Genesis 34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../genesis/36.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Genesis 36"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Genesis 36" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>