{"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/drb/genesis/35","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T10:08:14.625Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":35,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":34,"nextChapter":36,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":29},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"In the meantime God said to Jacob: Arise, and go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee when thou didst flee from Esau thy brother. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And Jacob having called together all his household, said: Cast away the strange gods that are among you, and be cleansed and change your garments. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, that we may make there an altar to God: who heard me in the day of my affliction, and accompanied me in my journey. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"So they gave him all the strange gods they had, and the earrings which were in their ears: and he buried them under the turpentine tree, that is behind the city of Sichem. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And when they were departed, the terror of God fell upon all the cities round about, and they durst not pursue after them as they went away. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, surnamed Bethel: he and all the people that were with him. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And he built there an altar, and called the name of that place, The house of God: for there God appeared to him when he fled from his brother. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"At the same time Debora the nurse of Rebecca died, and was buried at the foot of Bethel under an oak: and the name of that place was called, The oak of weeping. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him, "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And said to him: I am God Almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And he departed from him. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But he set up a monument of stone, in the place where God had spoken to him: pouring drink offerings upon it, and pouring oil thereon: "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And calling the name of that place Bethel. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And going forth from thence, he came in the springtime to the land which leadeth to Ephrata: wherein when Rachel was in travail, "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"By reason of her hard labor she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And when her soul was departing for pain, and death was now at hand, she called the name of her son Benoni, that is, The son of my pain: but his father called him Benjamin, that is, The son of the right hand. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, that is Bethlehem. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And Jacob erected a pillar over her sepulcher: this is the pillar of Rachel's monument, to this day. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Departing thence, he pitched his tent beyond the Flock tower. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala, the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"The sons of Lia: Ruben the firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Juda, and Issachar, and Zebulon. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The sons of Bala, Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Naphthali. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"The sons of Zelpha, Lia's handmaid: Gad and Aser: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And he came to Isaac his father in Mambre, the city of Arbee, this is Hebron: Wherein Abraham and Isaac sojourned. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years. "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And being spent with age he died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 35 (DRB)","markdown":"[Genesis 35](https://primebible.com/drb/genesis/35)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/genesis/35 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}