⁹After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram,^cⁿ God appeared to him again and blessed him.^o ¹⁰God said to him, “Your name is Jacob,^d but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.^e”^p So he named him Israel.

¹¹And God said to him, “I am God Almighty^f;^q be fruitful and increase in number.^r A nation^s and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.^t ¹²The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.^u”^v ¹³Then God went up from him^w at the place where he had talked with him.

¹⁴Jacob set up a stone pillar^x at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering^y on it; he also poured oil on it.^z ¹⁵Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.^g^a

The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac

35:23–26pp—1Ch 2:1–2

¹⁶Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath,^b Rachel^c began to give birth and had great difficulty. ¹⁷And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife^d said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.”^e ¹⁸As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni.^h^f But his father named him Benjamin.ⁱ^g

¹⁹So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath^h (that is, Bethlehemⁱ).

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

cThat is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verse 26
dJacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.
eIsrael probably means he struggles with God.
fHebrew El-Shaddai
gBethel means house of God.
hBen-Oni means son of my trouble.
iBenjamin means son of my right hand.

Cross references

nSee Ge 25:20
oSee Ge 28:13; See 32:29
pSee Ge 17:5
qSee Ge 17:1
rSee Ge 12:2
sSee Ge 12:2
tSee Ge 17:6
uSee Ge 28:13
vSee Ge 12:7; See 15:7
wSee Ge 17:22
xSee Ge 28:22
y Ex 29:40; Lev 23:13; Nu 6:15, 17; 15:5; 28:7, 14; 2 Sa 23:16; 2 Ch 29:35
zSee Ge 28:18
aSee Ge 12:8
bver 19; Ge 48:7; Ru 1:2; 4:11; 1 Sa 17:12; Mic 5:2
cSee Ge 29:6
d Ge 38:28; Ex 1:15
eSee Ge 30:24
f 1 Sa 4:21; 14:3
gver 24; Ge 42:4; 43:16, 29; 45:12, 14; 49:27; Nu 1:36; Dt 33:12
hSee ver 16
i Ge 48:7; Jos 19:15; Jdg 12:8; 17:7; 19:1, 18; Ru 1:1, 19; 1 Sa 17:12; Mic 5:2