Genesis 35:9–19

⁹After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again. And God blessed him. ¹⁰God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. But you will not be called Jacob anymore. Your name will be Israel.” So he named him Israel.

¹¹God said to him, “I am the Mighty God. Have children and increase your numbers. A nation and a community of nations will come from you. Kings will come from your body. ¹²I am giving you the land I gave to Abraham and Isaac. I will also give it to your children after you.”

¹³Then God left him at the place where he had talked with him.

¹⁴Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him. He poured out a drink offering on it. He also poured oil on it. ¹⁵Jacob named the place Bethel. That’s where God had talked with him.

Rachel and Isaac Die

¹⁶They moved on from Bethel. Ephrath wasn’t very far away when Rachel began to have a baby. She was having a very hard time of it.

¹⁷The woman who helped her saw that she was having problems. So she said to her, “Don’t be afraid. You have another son.”

¹⁸But Rachel was dying. As she took her last breath, she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.

¹⁹So Rachel died. Her body was buried beside the road to Ephrath. Ephrath was also called Bethlehem.