Genesis Chapter 35
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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM
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thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.
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And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
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And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
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then thou shalt say,
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They are thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, he also is behind us.
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And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;
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and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.
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So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.
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And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.
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And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
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And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
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And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him.
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And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
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And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
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And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
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And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
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And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for,
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said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
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And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh.
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Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.
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And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
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And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
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And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
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And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
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And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.
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Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
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And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
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And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.
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And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let that which thou hast be thine.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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AndGod said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar unto theGod that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
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And Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strangegods that are among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;
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and we will arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to theGod that answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.
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And they gave to Jacob all the strangegods that were in their hand, and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the terebinth that [is] by Shechem.
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And they journeyed; and the terror ofGod was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
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And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
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And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because thereGod had appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.
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And Deborah, Rebecca's nurse, died; and she was buried beneath Bethel, under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
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AndGod appeared to Jacob again after he had come from Padan-Aram, and blessed him.
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AndGod said to him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called his name Israel.
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AndGod said to him, I am the AlmightyGod: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee; and kings shall come out of thy loins.
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And the land that I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
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AndGod went up from him in the place where he had talked with him.
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And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had talked with him, a pillar of stone, and poured on it a drink-offering, and poured oil on it.
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And Jacob called the name of the place whereGod had talked with him, Beth-el.
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And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing.
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And it came to pass when it went hard with her in her childbearing, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.
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And it came to pass as her soul was departing — for she died — that she called his name Benoni; but his father called him Benjamin.
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And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.
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And Jacob erected a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to [this] day.
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And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent on the other side of Migdal-Eder.
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And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. And the sons of Jacob were twelve.
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The sons of Leah: Reuben — Jacob's firstborn — and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
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The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
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And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant: Dan and Naphtali.
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And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob that were born to him in Padan-Aram.
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And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre — to Kirjath-Arba, which is Hebron; where Abraham had sojourned, and Isaac.
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And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.
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And Isaac expired and died, and was gathered to his peoples, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to the place, Bæthel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to the God that appeared to thee, when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
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And Jacob said to his house, and to all that were with him, Remove the strange gods that are with you from the midst of you, and purify yourselves, and change your clothes.
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And let us rise and go up to Bæthel, and let us there make an altar to God who hearkened to me in the day of calamity, who was with me, and preserved me throughout in the journey, by which I went.
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And they gave to Jacob the strange gods, which were in their hands, and the ear-rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the turpentine tree which is in Secima, and destroyed them to this day.
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So Israel departed from Secima, and the fear of God was upon the cities round about them, and they did not pursue after the children of Israel.
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And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, which is Bæthel, he and all the people that were with him.
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And he built there an altar, and called the name of the place Bæthel; for there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother Esau.
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And Deborrha, Rebecca's nurse, died, and was buried below Bæthel under the oak; and Jacob called its name, The Oak of Mourning.
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And God appeared to Jacob once more in Luza, when he came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and God blessed him.
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And God said to him, Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his name Israel.
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And God said to him, I am thy God; increase and multiply; for nations and gatherings of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.
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And the land which I gave to Abraam and Isaac, I have given it to thee; and it shall come to pass that I will give this land also to thy seed after thee.
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And God went up from him from the place where he spoke with him.
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And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God spoke with him, [even] a pillar of stone; and offered a libation upon it, and poured oil upon it.
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And Jacob called the name of the place in which God spoke with him, Bæthel.
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[And Jacob removed from Bæthel, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader,] and it came to pass when he drew nigh to Chabratha, to enter into Ephratha, Rachel travailed; and in her travail she was in hard labour.
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And it came to pass in her hard labour, that the midwife said to her, Be of good courage, for thou shalt also have this son.
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And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his father called his name Benjamin.
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So Rachel died, and was buried in the way of the course of Ephratha, this is Bethleem.
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And Jacob set up a pillar on her tomb; this is the pillar on the tomb of Rachel, until this day.
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And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Ruben went and lay with Balla, the concubine of his father Jacob; and Israel heard, and the thing appeared grievous before him. And the sons of Jacob were twelve.
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The sons of Lea, the first-born of Jacob; Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Zabulon.
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And the sons of Rachel; Joseph and Benjamin.
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And the sons of Balla, the hand-maid of Rachel; Dan and Nephthalim.
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And the sons of Zelpha, the hand-maid of Lea; Gad and Aser. These [are] the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.
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And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mambre, to a city of the plain; this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan, where Abraam and Isaac sojourned.
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And the days of Isaac which he lived were an hundred and eighty years.
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And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was laid to his family, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Interea locutus est Deus ad Iacob: Surge, et ascende Bethel, et habita ibi, facque altare Deo qui apparuit tibi quando fugiebas Esau fratrem tuum.
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Iacob vero convocata omni domo sua, ait: Abiicite deos alienos qui in medio vestri sunt, et mundamini, ac mutate vestimenta vestra.
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Surgite, et ascendamus in Bethel, ut faciamus ibi altare Deo: qui exaudivit me in die tribulationis meæ, et socius fuit itineris mei.
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Dederunt ergo ei omnes deos alienos quos habebant, et inaures quæ erant in auribus eorum: at ille infodit ea subter terebinthum, quæ est post urbem Sichem.
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Cumque profecti essent, terror Dei invasit omnes per circuitum civitates, et non sunt ausi persequi recedentes.
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Venit igitur Iacob Luzam, quæ est in terra Chanaan, cognomento Bethel: ipse et omnis populus cum eo.
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Ædificavitque ibi altare, et appellavit nomen loci illius, Domus Dei: ibi enim apparuit ei Deus cum fugeret fratrem suum.
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Eodem tempore mortua est Debora nutrix Rebeccæ, et sepulta est ad radices Bethel subter quercum: vocatumque est nomen loci illius, Quercus fletus.
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Apparuit autem iterum Deus Iacob postquam reversus est de Mespotamia Syriæ, benedixitque ei,
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dicens: Non vocaberis ultra Iacob, sed Israel erit nomen tuum. Et appellavit eum Israel,
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dixitque ei: Ego Deus omnipotens, cresce, et multiplicare: gentes, et populi nationum ex te erunt, reges de lumbis tuis egredientur.
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Terramque quam dedi Abraham et Isaac, dabo tibi et semini tuo post te.
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Et recessit ab eo.
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Ille vero erexit titulum lapideum in loco quo locutus fuerat ei Deus: libans super eum libamina, et effundens oleum:
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vocansque nomen loci illius, Bethel.
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Egressus autem inde, venit verno tempore ad terram quæ ducit Ephratam: in qua cum parturiret Rachel,
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ob difficultatem partus periclitari cœpit. Dixitque ei obstetrix: Noli timere, quia et hunc habebis filium.
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Egrediente autem anima præ dolore, et imminente iam morte, vocavit nomen filii sui Benomi, id est filius doloris mei: pater vero appellavit eum Beniamin, id est filius dextræ.
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Mortua est ergo Rachel, et sepulta est in via quæ ducit Ephratam, hæc est Bethlehem.
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Erexitque Iacob titulum super sepulchrum eius: hic est titulus monumenti Rachel, usque in præsentem diem.
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Egressus inde, fixit tabernaculum trans Turrem gregis.
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Cumque habitaret in illa regione, abiit Ruben, et dormivit cum Bala concubina patris sui: quod illum minime latuit. Erant autem filii Iacob duodecim.
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Filii Liæ: primogenitus Ruben, et Simeon, et Levi, et Iudas, et Issachar, et Zabulon.
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Filii Rachel: Ioseph et Beniamin.
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Filii Balæ ancillæ Rachelis: Dan et Nephthali.
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Filii Zelphæ ancillæ Liæ: Gad et Aser: hi sunt filii Iacob, qui nati sunt ei in Mesopotamia Syriæ.
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Venit etiam ad Isaac patrem suum in Mambre, Civitatem Arbee, hæc est Hebron: in qua peregrinatus est Abraham et Isaac.
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Et completi sunt dies Isaac centum octoginta annorum.
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Consumptusque ætate mortuus est: et appositus est populo suo senex et plenus dierum: et sepelierunt eum Esau et Iacob filii sui.
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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.”
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob.
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So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
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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.
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Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.
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God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
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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.
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Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel”.
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They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.
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When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”
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As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
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Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).
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Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.
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Israel traveled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
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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.
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The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
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The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
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The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.
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The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
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Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.
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The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.
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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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And God saith unto Jacob, `Rise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared unto thee in thy fleeing from the face of Esau thy brother.'
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And Jacob saith unto his household, and unto all who <FI>are<Fi> with him, `Turn aside the gods of the stranger which <FI>are<Fi> in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;
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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 distress, and is with me in the way that I have gone.'
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And they give unto Jacob all the gods of the stranger that <FI>are<Fi> in their hand, and the rings that <FI>are<Fi> in their ears, and Jacob hideth them under the oak which <FI>is<Fi> by Shechem;
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and they journey, and the terror of God is on the cities which <FI>are<Fi> round about them, and they have not pursued after the sons of Jacob.
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And Jacob cometh in to Luz which <FI>is<Fi> in the land of Canaan (it <FI>is<Fi> Bethel), he and all the people who <FI>are<Fi> with him,
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and he buildeth there an altar, and proclaimeth at the place the God of Bethel: for there had God been revealed unto him, in his fleeing from the face of his brother.
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And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, dieth, and she is buried at the lower part of Bethel, under the oak, and he calleth its name `Oak of weeping.'
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And God appeareth unto Jacob again, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and blesseth him;
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and God saith to him, `Thy name <FI>is<Fi> Jacob: thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel is thy name;' and He calleth his name Israel.
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And God saith to him, `I <FI>am<Fi> God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from thee, and kings from thy loins go out;
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and the land which I have given to Abraham and to Isaac--to thee I give it, yea to thy seed after thee I give the land.'
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And God goeth up from him, in the place where He hath spoken with him.
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And Jacob setteth up a standing pillar in the place where He hath spoken with him, a standing pillar of stone, and he poureth on it an oblation, and he poureth on it oil;
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and Jacob calleth the name of the place where God spake with him Bethel.
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And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a kibrath of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel beareth, and is sharply pained in her bearing;
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and it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, `Fear not, for this also <FI>is<Fi> a son for thee.'
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And it cometh to pass in the going out of her soul (for she died), that she calleth his name Ben-Oni; and his father called him Benjamin;
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and Rachel dieth, and is buried in the way to Ephratha, which <FI>is<Fi> Bethlehem,
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and Jacob setteth up a standing pillar over her grave; which <FI>is<Fi> the standing pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
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And Israel journeyeth, and stretcheth out his tent beyond the tower of Edar;
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and it cometh to pass in Israel's dwelling in that land, that Reuben goeth, and lieth with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heareth.
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And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
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Sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
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And sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant: Dan and Naphtali.
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And sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant: Gad and Asher. These <FI>are<Fi> sons of Jacob, who have been born to him in Padan-Aram.
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And Jacob cometh unto Isaac his father, at Mamre, the city of Arba (which <FI>is<Fi> Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac have sojourned.
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And the days of Isaac are a hundred and eighty years,
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and Isaac expireth, and dieth, and is gathered unto his people, aged and satisfied with days; and bury him do Esau and Jacob his sons.
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Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).