Genesis 35 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And God will say to Jacob, Arise, go up to the house of God and dwell there: and make there an altar to God, having been seen to thee in thy fleeing from the face of Esau thy brother. God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”
2 And Jacob will say to his house, and to all which are with him, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and be cleansed and change your garments. So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments. So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.
3 And we will arise and go to the house of God; and I will make there an altar to God, having answered me in the day of my distress; and he will be with me in the way which I go. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.” Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.”
4 And they will give to Jacob all the strange gods which are in their hand and the earrings which are in their ears, and Jacob will hide them under the turpentine tree which is in Shechem. So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree that was near Shechem. So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem.
5 And they will remove; and the terror of God will be upon the cities which are surrounding them; and they pursued not after the sons of Jacob. And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. Then they set out, and the terror of God fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.
6 And Jacob will come to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (this the house of God), he and all the people which are with him. And Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him, Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
7 And he will build there an altar, and will call the place, God, the house of God; for there God appeared to him in his fleeing from the face of his brother. and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother. There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel, because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
8 And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, will die, and be buried from below the house of God, under the oak: and its name shall be called, The Oak of Weeping. And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth. Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak outside Bethel. So it was named Allon Bakuth.
9 And God will be seen to Jacob yet again in his going from Padan Aram; and he will bless him. God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
10 And God will say to him, Thy name, Jacob: shall no more be called thy name Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he will call his name Israel. And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel. God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.” So he named him Israel.
11 And God will say to him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and an assembly of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come forth from thy loins. And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body. And God said to him, “I am God Almighty; 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 And the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaak, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give this land. The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.” The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”
13 And God will go up from him in the place in which he spake with him. Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him. Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him.
14 And Jacob will set up a pillar in the place which God spake with him; a pillar of stone: and he will pour out upon it a libation, and he will pour out upon it oil. And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.
15 And Jacob will call the name of the place which God spake with him there, The House of God. So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel. Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.
16 And they will remove from the House of God; and there will be yet a measure of land to come to Ephrath: and Rachel will bring forth, and she will be hard in bringing forth. Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.
17 And it will be in her being hard in bringing forth, and the midwife will say to her, Thou shalt not fear, for also this a son to thee. And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for you have another son.” And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.”
18 And it will be in her soul going forth (for she will die) and she will call his name the son of my strength: and his father called him the son of the right hand. And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin. As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.
19 And Rachel will die, and she will be buried in the way to Ephrath, it is the house of bread. So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem), So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
20 And Jacob will set up a pillar upon her grave: this the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day. and Jacob set up a pillar over her tomb. It is the pillar of Rachel’s tomb, which is there to this day. Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel’s tomb.
21 And Israel will remove and will extend the tent from afar off to the tower of Edar. Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder. Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.
22 And it will be in the dwelling of Israel in that land, and Reuben will go, and will lie with Bilhah, his father's concubine: and Israel will hear. And the sons of Jacob will be twelve. While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine. And Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. 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, the first-born of Jacob, Reuben; and Simeon and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulon; The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. The sons of Leah: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.
24 The sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin. The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali; The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant: Dan and Naphtali. The sons of Rachel’s servant Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali.
26 The sons of Zilpah; Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. These the sons of Jacob which were born to him in Padan Aram. The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram. 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 And Jacob will go to Isaak his father to Mamra, the city of Arba (this Hebron), where Abraham sojourned there, and Isaak. And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned. Jacob came home to his father Isaac in Mamre, near Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
28 And the days of Isaak will be a hundred years and eighty years. Now the days of Isaac were 180 years. Isaac lived a hundred and eighty years.
29 And Isaak will expire and will die, and will be gathered to his people, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons will bury him. And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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