Genesis 35:1-13

Genesis 35:1-13

[1] And God  said  unto Jacob,  Arise,  go up  to Bethel,  and dwell  there: and make  there an altar  unto God,  that appeared  unto thee when thou fleddest  from the face  of Esau  thy brother.  [2] Then Jacob  said  unto his household,  and to all that were with him, Put away  the strange  gods  that are among you,  and be clean,  and change  your garments:  [3] And let us arise,  and go up  to Bethel;  and I will make  there an altar  unto God,  who answered  me in the day  of my distress,  and was with me in the way  which I went.  [4] And they gave  unto Jacob  all the strange  gods  which were in their hand,  and all their earrings  which were in their ears;  and Jacob  hid  them under the oak  which was by Shechem.  [5] And they journeyed:  and the terror  of God  was upon the cities  that were round about  them, and they did not pursue  after  the sons  of Jacob.  [6] So Jacob  came  to Luz,  which is in the land  of Canaan,  that is, Bethel,  he and all the people  that were with him. [7] And he built  there an altar,  and called  the place  because there God  appeared  unto him, when he fled  from the face  of his brother.  [8] But Deborah  Rebekah's  nurse  died,  and she was buried  beneath Bethel  under an oak:  and the name  of it was called  Allonbachuth.  [9] And God  appeared  unto Jacob  again, when he came  out of Padanaram,  and blessed  him. [10] And God  said  unto him, Thy name  is Jacob:  thy name  shall not be called  any more Jacob,  but Israel  shall be thy name:  and he called  his name  Israel.  [11] And God  said  unto him, I am God  Almighty:  be fruitful  and multiply;  a nation  and a company  of nations  shall be of thee, and kings  shall come  out of thy loins;  [12] And the land  which I gave  Abraham  and Isaac,  to thee I will give it,  and to thy seed  after thee  will I give  the land.  [13] And God  went up  from him in the place  where he talked