Genesis 35
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Genesis 35:8-20

8Rebekah's nurse, Deborah, died at that time. Jacob buried her under the oak tree near Bethel. That is why they call the place Allon Bacuth.

9After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again. God blessed Jacob.

10He said to Jacob, ‘Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.’ So God gave the name Israel to Jacob.

11Then God said to him, ‘I am Almighty God. Give birth to many children so that your descendants become very many. They will become many nations and some of them will be kings.

12I give to you the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac. Yes, I will give this land to your descendants that come after you.’

13Then God went away from the place where he spoke to Jacob.

14Jacob set up a special stone on the ground. It showed the place where God had spoken to him. He poured a drink offering on the stone. He also poured olive oil on it.

15In that way, Jacob called the place where God spoke to him Bethel.

16Then they left Bethel and they continued to travel. When they were still a long way from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth. She had a lot of pain.

17As she was having even more pain, the woman who was helping her said, ‘Do not be afraid. You have another son!’

18But Rachel was dying. With her last breath, she gave to her son the name Ben-Oni. But Jacob, his father, called him Benjamin.

19After Rachel died, they buried near the road that goes to Ephrath.

20Jacob set up a special stone over the place where they buried Rachel. This stone still shows the place.

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