¹ And God said to^▵ Jacob, Arise, go·​·up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to God^◦, who was seen of^▵ thee when thou didst run·​·away from before Esau thy brother.

² And Jacob said to^▵ his house, and to^▵ all who were with him, Remove the gods of the foreigner which are in the midst of you, and clean yourselves, and change your raiment;

³ and let us arise, and go·​·up to Bethel, and I will make there an altar to God^◦, who answered me in the day of my adversity, and was with·​·me in the way which I walked.

⁴ And they gave to^▵ Jacob all the gods of the foreigner which were in their hand, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob concealed them under the oak which was by^▵ Shechem.

⁵ And they journeyed; and a terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

⁶ And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, this^◦ is Bethel, he^◦ and all the people that were with him.

⁷ And he built there an altar, and called the place El-bethel^*; for there the gods^* were revealed to him when he ran·​·away from before his brother.

⁸ And Deborah, the nurse of Rebekah, died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under the oak^◦; and he called the name of it Allon-bacuth.

⁹ And God was seen of^▵ Jacob yet·​·again when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.

¹⁰ And God said to him, Thy name is Jacob; thy name shall no^◦ more^◦ be called Jacob, but^◦ Israel shall be thy name; and He called his name Israel.

¹¹ And God said to him, I^◦ am God^◦ Shaddai; be·​·fruitful and multiply; a nation and an assembly of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall go·​·forth from thy loins^◦.

¹² And the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

¹³ And God went·​·up from over him in the place where^▵ He spoke with^◦ him.

¹⁴ And Jacob set·​·up a pillar^◦ in the place in which He spoke with^◦ him, a pillar^◦ of stone; and he poured·​·out a poured·​·offering on it, and poured oil on it.

¹⁵ And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with^◦ him, Bethel.

¹⁶ And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was still a tract of land to come toward Ephrath; and Rachel gave·​·birth, and it was hard for her’ in giving·​·birth.

¹⁷ And it was, when it was hard for her in her giving·​·birth, that the midwife said to her, Fear not, for this also is a son for thee.

¹⁸ And it was, when her soul was going·​·out that she was·​·about·​·to·​·die; and she called his name Benoni; and his father called him Benjamin.

¹⁹ And Rachel died, and was buried in the way toward Ephrath, this^◦ is Bethlehem.

²⁰ And Jacob set·​·up a pillar^◦ over her grave; this^◦ is the pillar^◦ of the grave of Rachel even·​·until today.

²¹ And Israel journeyed, and stretched·​·out his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

²² And it was, when Israel inhabited this^◦ land, that Reuben went and lay with^◦ Bilhah the concubine of his father, and Israel heard. And the sons of Jacob were twelve:

²³ the sons of Leah, Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;

²⁴ the sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin;

²⁵ and the sons of Bilhah Rachel’s handmaid, Dan and Naphtali;

²⁶ and the sons of Zilpah Leah’s handmaid, Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who was·​·born^* to him in Paddan-aram.

²⁷ And Jacob came to^▵ Isaac his father to Mamre Kiriath-arba, this^◦ is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned^*

²⁸ And the days of Isaac were a hundred years and eighty years.

²⁹ And Isaac expired and died, and was gathered to^▵ his people, old and sated of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.

¹ After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."

² Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"

³ Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."

⁴ Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be your heir."

⁵ Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."

⁶ He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

⁷ He said to him, "I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it."

⁸ He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?"

⁹ He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."

¹⁰ He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn't divide the birds.

¹¹ The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

¹² When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.

¹³ He said to Abram, "Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.

¹⁴ I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth,

¹⁵ but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.

¹⁶ In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full."

¹⁷ It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

¹⁸ In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

¹⁹ the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

²⁰ the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

²¹ the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."