{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/genesis/35","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T21:27:13.658Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":35,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":34,"nextChapter":36,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":29},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments:"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And they journeyed: and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And God went up from him in the place where he spake with him."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spake with him, a pillar of stone: and he poured out a drink-offering thereon, and poured oil thereon."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem)."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave: the same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Naphtali;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And Jacob came unto Isaac his father to Mamre, to Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac sojourned."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of days: and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 35 (ASV)","markdown":"[Genesis 35](https://primebible.com/asv/genesis/35)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/genesis/35 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}