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Genesis 35 Literal Standard Version
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1 And God says to Jacob, “Rise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to you in your fleeing from the face of your brother Esau.”
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 says to his household, and to all who [are] with him, “Turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, 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 and we rise, and go up to Bethel, and I make there an altar to God, who is answering me in the day of my tribulation, and is with me in the way that I have gone.”
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 And they give to Jacob all the gods of the stranger that [are] in their hand, and the rings that [are] in their ears, and Jacob hides them under the oak which [is] by Shechem;
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 they journey, and the terror of God is on the cities which [are] around them, and they have not pursued after the sons of Jacob.
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 comes to Luz which [is] in the land of Canaan (it [is] Bethel), he and all the people who [are] 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 builds there an altar, and proclaims at the place the God of Bethel: for there had God been revealed to him, in his fleeing from the face of 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 And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, dies, and she is buried at the lower part of Bethel, under the oak, and he calls its name “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 appears to Jacob again, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and blesses him;
9 God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.
10 and God says to him, “Your name [is] Jacob: your name is no longer called Jacob, but Israel is your name”; and He calls his name 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 God says to him, “I [am] God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from you, and kings from your loins go out;
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 have given to Abraham and to Isaac—to you I give it, indeed to your seed after you I give the land.”
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 God goes up from him, in the place where He has spoken with him.
13 God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
14 And Jacob sets up a standing pillar in the place where He has spoken with him, a standing pillar of stone, and he pours on it an oblation, and he pours on it oil;
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 Jacob calls the name of the place where God spoke with him Bethel.
15 Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel”.
16 And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a distance of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel bears, and is sharply pained in her bearing;
16 They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.
17 and it comes to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife says to her, “Do not fear, for this also [is] a son for you.”
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 it comes to pass in the going out of her soul (for she died), that she calls his name Ben-Oni; and his father called him Benjamin;
18 As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
19 and Rachel dies, and is buried in the way to Ephratha, which [is] Beth-Lehem,
19 Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).
20 and Jacob sets up a standing pillar over her grave; which [is] the standing pillar of Rachel’s grave 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 And Israel journeys, and stretches out his tent beyond the Tower of Edar;
21 Israel traveled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
22 and it comes to pass in Israel’s dwelling in that land, that Reuben goes, and lies with his father’s concubine Bilhah; and Israel hears.
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 And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob’s firstborn Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
23 The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
24 Sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
25 And sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant: Dan and Naphtali.
25 The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.
26 And sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant: Gad and Asher. These [are] sons of Jacob, who have been born to him in Padan-Aram.
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 Jacob comes to his father Isaac, at Mamre, the city of Arba (which [is] Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac have 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 are one hundred and eighty years,
28 The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.
29 and Isaac expires, and dies, and is gathered to his people, aged and satisfied with days; and his sons Esau and Jacob bury 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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Benjamin
Jacob's youngest, born as Rachel died giving him life.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 35:16–24; 49:27
Deborah
Rebekah's nurse, who died and was buried under the oak below Bethel, which Jacob named Allon-bachuth.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 35:8
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
Reuben
Jacob's firstborn, who forfeited his standing by a grave offense.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29:32; 35:22; 49:3–4
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)