Jacob · Issue #9 of 10

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Genesis 35:9–20 · World English Bible

Genesis 35:9

God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.

Genesis 35:10

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.

Genesis 35:11

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.

Genesis 35:12

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.”

Genesis 35:13

God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.

Genesis 35:14

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.

Genesis 35:15

Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him

Bethel

Genesis 35:16

They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.

Genesis 35:17

When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her,

Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.

Genesis 35:18

As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.

Genesis 35:19

Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).

Genesis 35:20

Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.

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