⁹When Jacob returned from Mesopotamia, God appeared to him again and blessed him. ¹⁰^*God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but from now on it will be Israel.” So God named him Israel. ¹¹^*And God said to him, “I am Almighty God. Have many children. Nations will be descended from you, and you will be the ancestor of kings. ¹²^*I will give you the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, and I will also give it to your descendants after you.” ¹³Then God left him. ¹⁴^*There, where God had spoken to him, Jacob set up a memorial stone and consecrated it by pouring wine and olive oil on it. ¹⁵^*He named the place Bethel.

The Death of Rachel

¹⁶Jacob and his family left Bethel, and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, the time came for Rachel to have her baby, and she was having difficult labour. ¹⁷When her labour pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Rachel; it’s another boy.” ¹⁸But she was dying, and as she breathed her last, she named her son Benoni,^o but his father named him Benjamin.^p

¹⁹When Rachel died, she was buried beside the road to Ephrath, now known as Bethlehem.

Read in Logos

Genesis 35:10: And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel.

Footnotes

obenoni: This name in Hebrew means “son of my sorrow”.
pbenjamin: This name in Hebrew means “son who will be fortunate”.

Cross references

*35.10: Gn 32:28
*35.11, 12: Gn 17:4–8
*35.11, 12: Gn 17:4–8
*35.14, 15: Gn 28:18, 19
*35.14, 15: Gn 28:18, 19