Genesis · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Genesis 35 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 In the meantime God said to Jacob: Arise, and go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee when thou didst flee from Esau thy brother.
1 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.”
2 And Jacob having called together all his household, said: Cast away the strange gods that are among you, and be cleansed and change your garments.
2 Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments.
3 Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, that we may make there an altar to God: who heard me in the day of my affliction, and accompanied me in my journey.
3 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.”
4 So they gave him all the strange gods they had, and the earrings which were in their ears: and he buried them under the turpentine tree, that is behind the city of Sichem.
4 They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
5 And when they were departed, the terror of God fell upon all the cities round about, and they durst not pursue after them as they went away.
5 They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob.
6 And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, surnamed Bethel: he and all the people that were with him.
6 So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
7 And he built there an altar, and called the name of that place, The house of God: for there God appeared to him when he fled from his brother.
7 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.
8 At the same time Debora the nurse of Rebecca died, and was buried at the foot of Bethel under an oak: and the name of that place was called, The oak of weeping.
8 Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.
9 And God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him,
9 God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.
10 Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel.
10 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.
11 And said to him: I am God Almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.
11 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.
12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
12 The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your offspring after you I will give the land.”
13 And he departed from him.
13 God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
14 But he set up a monument of stone, in the place where God had spoken to him: pouring drink offerings upon it, and pouring oil thereon:
14 Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.
15 And calling the name of that place Bethel.
15 Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel”.
16 And going forth from thence, he came in the springtime to the land which leadeth to Ephrata: wherein when Rachel was in travail,
16 They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.
17 By reason of her hard labour she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also.
17 When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”
18 And when her soul was departing for pain, and death was now at hand, she called the name of her son Benoni, that is, The son of my pain: but his father called him Benjamin, that is, The son of the right hand.
18 As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
19 So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, this is Bethlehem.
19 Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).
20 And Jacob erected a pillar over her sepulchre: this is the pillar of Rachel’s monument, to this day.
20 Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.
21 Departing thence, he pitched his tent beyond the Flock tower.
21 Israel traveled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
22 And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala, the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
22 While 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.
23 The sons of Lia: Ruben the first born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Juda, and Issachar, and Zabulon.
23 The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
25 The sons of Bala, Rachel’s handmaid: Dan and Nephtali.
25 The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.
26 The sons of Zelpha, Lia’s handmaid: Gad and Aser: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.
26 The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
27 And he came to Isaac his father in Mambre, the city of Arbee, this is Hebron: wherein Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
27 Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.
28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.
28 The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.
29 And being spent with age he died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
29 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.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Benjamin
Jacob's youngest, born as Rachel died giving him life.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 35:16–24; 49:27
Jacob
He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–35; 46–49
Rachel
Jacob's beloved wife, mother of Joseph and Benjamin, who died in childbirth.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29-35
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 31:13; Hosea 12:4; Psalm 91:15; Genesis 31:3; Genesis 35:7
- 2 Exodus 19:14; Exodus 19:10; Ezekiel 18:31; James 4:8; Hebrews 10:22
- 3 Isaiah 43:2; Genesis 32:7; Genesis 31:3; Genesis 31:42; Proverbs 3:6
- 4 Judges 9:6; Isaiah 30:22; Exodus 32:20; Judges 8:24–27; Exodus 32:2–4
- 5 Exodus 23:27; 2 Chronicles 17:10; Psalm 14:5; Joshua 5:1; Joshua 2:9–11
- 6 Genesis 28:19; Genesis 28:22; Genesis 12:8; Genesis 48:3; Judges 1:22–26
- 7 Genesis 28:13; Genesis 35:1; Genesis 35:3; Ezekiel 48:35; Genesis 28:19
- 8 Genesis 24:59; 1 Samuel 31:13; Judges 2:1; Judges 2:5
- 9 Genesis 26:2; Genesis 18:1; Genesis 35:1; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 48:3–4
- 10 Genesis 17:5; Genesis 32:27–28; Genesis 17:15; 1 Kings 18:31; 2 Kings 17:34
- 11 Genesis 17:1; Genesis 9:1; Genesis 22:17; Genesis 17:5–7; Exodus 6:3
- 12 Genesis 12:7; Genesis 28:13; Genesis 26:3–4; Genesis 48:4; Genesis 13:14–17
- 13 Genesis 17:22; Genesis 18:33; Genesis 11:5; Judges 6:21; Judges 13:20
- 14 Genesis 28:18–19; Genesis 35:20; Genesis 31:45; Exodus 17:15; 1 Samuel 7:12
- 15 Genesis 28:19
- 16 Micah 5:2; Genesis 48:7; 1 Chronicles 2:19; 2 Kings 5:19; Ruth 1:2
- 17 Genesis 30:24; 1 Samuel 4:19–21
- 18 1 Chronicles 4:9; Luke 23:46; 1 Samuel 4:20–21; Acts 7:59; Luke 12:20
- 19 Micah 5:2; Genesis 48:7; Ruth 1:2; Ruth 4:11; Matthew 2:6
- 20 1 Samuel 10:2; 2 Samuel 18:17–18; Genesis 35:14; Genesis 35:9
- 21 Micah 4:8; Luke 2:8
- 22 1 Chronicles 5:1; Leviticus 18:8; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Samuel 16:21–22; 2 Samuel 20:3
- 23 Genesis 30:18–20; Genesis 46:8–15; Genesis 29:32–35; Genesis 33:2; Exodus 1:2–4
- 24 Genesis 30:22–24; Genesis 46:19–22; Genesis 35:16–18
- 25 Genesis 30:4–8; Genesis 37:2; Genesis 46:23–25
- 26 Genesis 35:18; Genesis 31:18; Genesis 46:16–18; Genesis 25:20; Genesis 30:9–13
- 27 Genesis 13:18; Genesis 23:19; Genesis 18:1; Joshua 15:13; Genesis 23:2
- 28 Genesis 25:7; Genesis 50:26; Genesis 47:28
- 29 Genesis 15:15; Genesis 49:33; Genesis 49:31; Genesis 25:7–9; Job 5:26
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… connection with which the mystery of the passion of the defect occurred, from which passion they maintain that all things visible were framed, they assert that is to be found strikingly and manifestly everywhere [in Scripture]. For they declare that the twelve sons of Jacob, from whom also sprung twelve tribes,-- the breastplate of the high priest, which bore twelve …
So then that Angel, who is understood to be the Lord Jesus, saith to Jacob, "Thou shalt not be any more called Jacob, but Israel shall thy name be," which is by interpretation, "Seeing God." After this He touched the sinew of his thigh, the broad part, that is, of the thigh, and it dried up; and Jacob became lame.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Rachel was the mother of Benjamin, and on his death, they buried her in the horse-course that was near this place. The tomb then being near, and the portion pertaining unto Benjamin her infant (for Rama was of the tribe of Benjamin), from the head of the tribe first, and next from the place of her sepulture, He naturally denominates …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)