Genesis 35:9–19

Jacob’s Sixth Encounter with God—His Name Changed to Israel

⁹Then God appeared once more to Jacob after he came back from Paddan Aram, and he blessed him. ¹⁰God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. You will no longer be called Jacob, but your name will be Israel.” So he named him Israel. 

¹¹God also said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fertile, and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will come from you. ¹²I will give you the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac. I will also give this land to your descendants.” 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^[. 

Jacob’s ^[Israel’s^[ Sons—1 Chronicles 2:1–2

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).