{"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/kjv/genesis/35","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T08:31:35.426Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that 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 <i>were</i> with him, Put away the strange gods that <i>are</i> among you, and be clean, and change your garments:"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; 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 strange gods which <i>were</i> in their hand, and <i>all their</i> earrings which <i>were</i> in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which <i>was</i> by Shechem."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that <i>were</i> round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"So Jacob came to Luz, which <i>is</i> in the land of Canaan, that <i>is</i>, Bethel, he and all the people that <i>were</i> with him."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And God said unto him, Thy name <i>is</i> 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 <i>am</i> 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 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 talked with him."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, <i>even</i> a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which <i>is</i> Bethlehem."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that <i>is</i> the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard <i>it</i>. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, 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 <i>are</i> the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which <i>is</i> Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, <i>being</i> old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 35 (KJV)","markdown":"[Genesis 35](https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/35)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/35 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}