Genesis 35:7-17
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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.
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But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
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And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
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And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
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And God said unto him, I am 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;
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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.
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And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
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And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
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And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
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¶ And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
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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.
Bible text: King James Version (1769 Blayney text) · Public domain
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