1God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."

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Genesis 31:13, Genesis 31:13, Hosea 12:4, Hosea 12:4, Genesis 35:7

2Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.

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Exodus 19:14, Exodus 19:10, Exodus 19:14, Exodus 19:10, James 4:8

3Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went."

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Isaiah 43:2, Isaiah 43:2, Genesis 32:7, Genesis 31:3, Genesis 32:7

4They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

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Judges 9:6, Judges 9:6, Exodus 32:20, Isaiah 30:22, Judges 8:24

5They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

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Exodus 23:27, Exodus 23:27, 2 Chronicles 17:10, 2 Chronicles 17:10, Joshua 5:1

6So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

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Genesis 28:19, Genesis 28:19, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 28:22, Genesis 12:8

7He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

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Genesis 35:1, Genesis 28:13, Genesis 35:3, Genesis 35:1, Genesis 28:13

8Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.

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Genesis 24:59, Genesis 24:59, 1 Samuel 31:13, 1 Samuel 31:13, Judges 2:5

9God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.

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Genesis 35:1, Genesis 18:1, Genesis 26:2, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 35:1

10God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel." He named him Israel.

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Genesis 17:5, Genesis 17:5, Genesis 32:27, Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:27

11God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.

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Genesis 17:1, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 22:17

12The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your seed after you will I give the land."

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Genesis 12:7, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 28:13, Genesis 28:13, Genesis 26:3

13God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.

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Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 18:33, Genesis 18:33, Genesis 11:5

14Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.

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Genesis 28:18, Genesis 28:19, Genesis 28:18, Genesis 28:19, Genesis 31:45

15Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel."

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Genesis 28:19, Genesis 28:19

16They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.

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Micah 5:2, Micah 5:2, Matthew 2:18, Genesis 48:7, Matthew 2:18

17When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, "Do not be afraid, for now you will have another son."

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Genesis 30:24, Genesis 30:24, 1 Samuel 4:19, 1 Samuel 4:21, 1 Samuel 4:19

18It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.

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Acts 7:59, 1 Chronicles 4:9, Luke 23:46, Acts 7:59, 1 Chronicles 4:9

19Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).

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Micah 5:2, Micah 5:2, Genesis 48:7, Genesis 48:7, Ruth 4:11

20Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.

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1 Samuel 10:2, 1 Samuel 10:2, Genesis 35:14, 2 Samuel 18:17, 2 Samuel 18:18

21Israel traveled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

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Micah 4:8, Micah 4:8, Luke 2:8, Luke 2:8

22It happened, while Israel lived 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.

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1 Chronicles 5:1, 1 Chronicles 5:1, Leviticus 18:8, Leviticus 18:8, 2 Samuel 16:21

23The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

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Genesis 30:18, Genesis 30:20, Genesis 30:18, Genesis 30:20, Genesis 29:32

24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

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Genesis 30:22, Genesis 30:24, Genesis 30:22, Genesis 30:24, Genesis 46:19

25The sons of Bilhah (Rachel's handmaid): Dan and Naphtali.

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Genesis 46:23, Genesis 46:25, Genesis 30:4, Genesis 30:8, Genesis 37:2

26The sons of Zilpah (Leah's handmaid): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

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Genesis 31:18, Genesis 30:9, Genesis 30:13, Genesis 46:16, Genesis 46:18

27Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.

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Genesis 13:18, Genesis 13:18, Genesis 23:19, Genesis 23:19, Genesis 18:1

28The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.

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Genesis 25:7, Genesis 25:7, Genesis 50:26, Genesis 50:26, Genesis 47:28

29Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.

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Genesis 15:15, Genesis 15:15, Genesis 49:33, Genesis 49:33, Genesis 49:31