Genesis 36:6 T 39
8 Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak out
side Bethel. So it was named Allon Bakuth. a
9 After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, b God appeared to him a
gain and
blessed him. 10 God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, c but you will no longer
be called Jacob; your name will be Israel. d ” So he named him Israel.
11 And God said to him, “I am God Almighty e ; be fruitful and increase in
number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings
will be among your descendants. 12 The land I gave to Abraham and I saac I also
give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.” 13 Then
God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him.
14 Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him,
and he p
oured out a d
rink offering on it; he also p
oured oil on it. 15 Jacob
called the p
lace where God had talked with him Bethel. f
The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac
16 Then they m
oved on from Bethel. While they were s till some distance
from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty. 17 And as
she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t
despair, for you have another son.” 18 As she b
reathed her last — for she was
dying — she named her son Ben-Oni. g But his father named him Benjamin. h
19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethle
hem). 20 Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks
Rachel’s tomb.
21 Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder. 22 While
Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s
concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it.
Jacob had twelve sons:
23 The sons of Leah:
Reuben the firstborn of Jacob,
Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.
24 The sons of Rachel:
Joseph and Benjamin.
25 The sons of Rachel’s servant Bilhah:
Dan and Naphtali.
26 The sons of Leah’s servant Zilpah:
Gad and Asher.
These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
27 Jacob came home to his father Isaac in Mamre, near Kiri a
th Arba (that is,
Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed. 28 Isaac l ived a hundred and
eighty years. 29 Then he b
reathed his last and died and was gathered to his
people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Esau’s Descendants
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This is the account of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).
2 Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah daughter of
Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter
of Zibeon the Hivite — 3 also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister
of Nebaioth.
4 Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel, 5 and Oholibamah
bore Jeush, Jalam and Korah. T
hese were the sons of Esau, who were
born to him in Canaan.
6 Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the members of
his household, as well as his livestock and all his other animals and all
a 8
Allon Bakuth means oak of weeping. b 9 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in
verse 26 c 10 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.
d 10 Israel probably means he struggles with God. e 11 Hebrew El-Shaddai f 15 Bethel
means house of God. g 18 Ben-Oni means son of my trouble. h 18 Benjamin means
son of my right hand.