Genesis 35



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13Then God went up from him at the place where he had spoken with him. 14So Jacob set up a memorial, a stone marker, to mark the place where God had spoken with him. He poured a wine offering and olive oil on it. 15Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel [House of God].

16Then they moved on from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor and was having severe labor pains. 17During one of her pains, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid! You're having another son!" 18Rachel was dying. As she took her last breath, she named her son Benoni [Son of My Sorrow], but his father named him Benjamin [Son of My Right Hand]. 19Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). 20Then Jacob set up a stone as a marker for her grave. The same marker is at Rachel's grave today. 21Israel moved on again and put up his tent beyond Migdal Eder.

22While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went to bed with his father's concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had 12 sons. 23The sons of [Leah]were Jacob's firstborn Reuben, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. 24The sons of [Rachel]were Joseph and Benjamin. 25The sons of Rachel's slave [Bilhah]were Dan and Naphtali. 26The sons of Leah's slave [Zilpah]were Gad and Asher. These were Jacob's sons, who were born in Paddan Aram.

27Jacob came home to his father Isaac to Mamre's city, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron). Abraham and Isaac had lived there for a while.

28Isaac was 180 years old 29when he took his last breath and died. He joined his ancestors in death at a very old age. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.


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