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And now it came to pass that on the morrow the angel of YHVHa said unto Jacob: Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar unto that Elohimb that appearedc unto thee when thou feared the face of Esau, thy brother.
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Then Jacob said unto his all household and to all that were with him: Put away the strange godsa that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments;
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Let us arise and go up to Bethel; and there I will make an altar unto Ha’Elohima who answered me in the day of my distress and was with me in the way which I went.
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And they gave unto Jacob all the strange godsa which were in their hands and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob buried them in an empty and barren field which was near Shechem.
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And they journeyed; and the terror of Ha’Elohim was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
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¶ And it came to pass that as they journeyed to Bethel they were but a little way from Ephrath; and Rachel travailed, but she was with child and she had great difficulty in her labor.
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And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife, Deborah, said unto her: Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
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And it came to pass, as her soul was departing, that she called his name Ben-onia; but his father called his name Benjaminb.
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And Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath; and Jacob wept and set a pillar upon her grave.
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¶ And it came to pass that Jacob came to Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
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And there he built an altar and called the place El-Bethel because there Ha’Elohim appeared unto him when he fleda from the face of his brother.
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¶ And it came to pass that Deborah, the nurse of Rebekah, died; and she was buried in Bethel under an oaka, for she had been a mighty woman of YHVHb and a servant of Shekinahc;
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And in the grove near the tree the women built a dwelling placea for to honor Her, the Shekinah, and planted walnutsb and certain flowers; and they did dance all around it.
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And Jacob set up a pillar in that same grove, in the place where he talked with Ben Ahmana, even a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
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And in these things which they did, both the men and the women; and YHVH Elohim was pleased.
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¶ And Jacob called the name of the place where Elohim spoke with him Bethel.
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And there, at the altar, Jacob blessed his wife, Leah, with the same endowmentsa he had been given; and she his other wives each in turn, and Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob.
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And so to did Jacob bless their sons, even as they came of age, and each was given their endowments in turn.
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¶ And now, the sons of Leah were: Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;
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And the sons of Rachel were: Joseph, our father, and Benjamin;
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And the sons of Bilhah were: Dan and Naphtali;
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And the sons of Zilpah were: Gad and Asher.
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And these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him and his wives.
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¶ And it came to pass that Jacob took his wives, all but Rachel who he had buried, and his children and his people and all that they possessed and journeyed to Sukkotha.
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And there he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, the father of Shechem; and he erected there an altar and called it El’Elohim’Ysraela.
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And he built him a house, and made booths for his cattle; therefore, the name of the place is called Sukkoth.