Genesis 35:1–14

Jacob Moves to Bethel

¹Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to ^aBethel and ¹live there, and make an altar there to ^bGod, who appeared to you ^cwhen you fled ²from your brother Esau.”

²So Jacob said to his ^ahousehold and to all who were with him, “Put away ^bthe foreign gods which are among you, and ^cpurify yourselves and change your garments;

³and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make ^aan altar there to God, ^bwho answered me in the day of my distress and ^chas been with me ¹wherever I have gone.”

⁴So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which ¹they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the ²oak which was near Shechem.

⁵As they journeyed, there was ^1aa great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

⁶So Jacob came to ^aLuz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

^7aHe built an altar there, and called the place ¹El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled ²from his brother.

⁸Now ^aDeborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; it was named ¹Allon-bacuth.

Jacob Is Named Israel

⁹Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He ^ablessed him.

^10aGod said to him,

“Your name is Jacob;

¹You shall no longer be called Jacob,

But Israel shall be your name.”

Thus He called ²him Israel.

¹¹God also said to him,

“I am ^1aGod Almighty;

^bBe fruitful and multiply;

A nation and a ^ccompany of nations shall ²come from you,

And ^dkings shall come forth from ³you.

¹²“^aThe land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac,

I will give it to you,

And I will give the land to your ¹descendants after you.”

¹³Then ^aGod went up from him in the place where He had spoken with him.

¹⁴Jacob set up ^aa pillar in the place where He had spoken with him, a pillar of stone, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.