God appeared[a] to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; (A)no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but (B)Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel. 11 And God said to him, (C)“I am God Almighty:[b] be (D)fruitful and multiply. (E)A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.[c] 12 (F)The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.” 13 Then God (G)went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him. 14 And Jacob (H)set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. 15 So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him (I)Bethel.

The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac

16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance[d] from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. 17 And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for (J)you have another son.” 18 And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni;[e] (K)but his father called him Benjamin.[f] 19 So (L)Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to (M)Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:9 Or had appeared
  2. Genesis 35:11 Hebrew El Shaddai
  3. Genesis 35:11 Hebrew from your loins
  4. Genesis 35:16 Or about two hours' distance
  5. Genesis 35:18 Ben-oni could mean son of my sorrow, or son of my strength
  6. Genesis 35:18 Benjamin means son of the right hand

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