Genesis 35–36

Jacob’s Return to Bethel

35Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to ^aBethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, ^bwho appeared to you ^cwhen you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

²And Jacob said to his ^dhousehold and to all who were with him, “Put away ^ethe foreign gods that are among you, ^fpurify yourselves, and change your garments. ³Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, ^gwho answered me in the day of my distress ^hand has been with me in the way which I have gone.” ⁴So they gave Jacob all the foreign ¹gods which were in their hands, and the ⁱearrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under ^jthe terebinth tree which was by Shechem.

⁵And they journeyed, and ^kthe terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. ⁶So Jacob came to ^lLuz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. ⁷And he ^mbuilt an altar there and called the place ²El Bethel, because ⁿthere God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

⁸Now ^oDeborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the terebinth tree. So the name of it was called ³Allon Bachuth.

⁹Then ^pGod appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and ^qblessed him. ¹⁰And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; ^ryour name shall not be called Jacob anymore, ^sbut Israel shall be your name.” So He called his name Israel. ¹¹Also God said to him: ^t“I am God Almighty. ^uBe fruitful and multiply; ^va nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body. ¹²The ^wland which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land.” ¹³Then God ^xwent ⁴up from him in the place where He talked with him. ¹⁴So Jacob ^yset up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it. ¹⁵And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, ^zBethel.

Death of Rachel

¹⁶Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor. ¹⁷Now it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, “Do not fear; ^ayou will have this son also.” ¹⁸And so it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name ⁵Ben-Oni; but his father called him ⁶Benjamin. ¹⁹So ^bRachel died and was buried on the way to ^cEphrath (that is, Bethlehem). ²⁰And Jacob set a pillar on her grave, which is the pillar of Rachel’s grave ^dto this day.

²¹Then Israel journeyed and pitched his tent beyond ^ethe tower of Eder. ²²And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and ^flay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard about it.

Jacob’s Twelve Sons

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³the sons of Leah were ^gReuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun; ²⁴the sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin; ²⁵the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant, were Dan and Naphtali; ²⁶and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Padan Aram.

Death of Isaac

²⁷Then Jacob came to his father Isaac at ^hMamre, or ⁱKirjath Arba ⁷(that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had dwelt. ²⁸Now the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years. ²⁹So Isaac breathed his last and died, and ^jwas ⁸gathered to his people, being old and full of days. And ^khis sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

The Family of Esau

36Now this is the genealogy of Esau, ^awho is Edom. ^2bEsau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the ^cHittite; ^dAholibamah ¹the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; ³and ^eBasemath, Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth. ⁴Now ^fAdah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel. ⁵And ²Aholibamah bore Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

⁶Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the persons of his household, his cattle and all his animals, and all his goods which he had gained in the land of Canaan, and went to a country away from the presence of his brother Jacob. ^7gFor their possessions were too great for them to dwell together, and ^hthe land where they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock. ⁸So Esau dwelt in ⁱMount Seir. ^jEsau is Edom.

⁹And this is the genealogy of Esau the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir. ¹⁰These were the names of Esau’s sons: ^kEliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, and Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. ¹¹And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, ³Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

¹²Now Timna was the concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son, and she bore ^lAmalek to Eliphaz. These were the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.

¹³These were the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.

¹⁴These were the sons of ⁴Aholibamah, Esau’s wife, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon. And she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah.

The Chiefs of Edom

¹⁵These were the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn son of Esau, were Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz, ¹⁶⁵Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek. These were the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. They were the sons of Adah.

¹⁷These were the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, and Chief Mizzah. These were the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.

¹⁸And these were the sons of ⁶Aholibamah, Esau’s wife: Chief Jeush, Chief Jaalam, and Chief Korah. These were the chiefs who descended from Aholibamah, Esau’s wife, the daughter of Anah. ¹⁹These were the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these were their chiefs.

The Sons of Seir

^20mThese were the sons of Seir ⁿthe Horite who inhabited the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, ²¹Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.

²²And the sons of Lotan were Hori and ⁷Hemam. Lotan’s sister was Timna.

²³These were the sons of Shobal: ⁸Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, ⁹Shepho, and Onam.

²⁴These were the sons of Zibeon: both Ajah and Anah. This was the Anah who found the ¹water in the wilderness as he pastured ^othe donkeys of his father Zibeon. ²⁵These were the children of Anah: Dishon and ²Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.

²⁶These were the sons of ³Dishon: ⁴Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. ²⁷These were the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and ⁵Akan. ²⁸These were the sons of Dishan: ^pUz and Aran.

²⁹These were the chiefs of the Horites: Chief Lotan, Chief Shobal, Chief Zibeon, Chief Anah, ³⁰Chief Dishon, Chief Ezer, and Chief Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.

The Kings of Edom

^31qNow these were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel: ³²Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. ³³And when Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. ³⁴When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. ³⁵And when Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who attacked Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith. ³⁶When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. ³⁷And when Samlah died, Saul of ^rRehoboth-by-the-River reigned in his place. ³⁸When Saul died, Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. ³⁹And when Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor died, ⁶Hadar reigned in his place; and the name of his city was ⁷Pau. His wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

The Chiefs of Esau

⁴⁰And these were the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families and their places, by their names: Chief Timnah, Chief ⁸Alvah, Chief Jetheth, ⁴¹Chief ⁹Aholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon, ⁴²Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar, ⁴³Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession. Esau was the father of ¹the Edomites.