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Genesis 35
⁹ Now that Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again at Bethel. God blessed him,
¹⁰ saying, “Your name is Jacob, but you will not be called Jacob any longer. From now on your name will be Israel.” So God renamed him Israel.
¹¹ Then God said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Be fruitful and multiply. You will become a great nation, even many nations. Kings will be among your descendants!
¹² And I will give you the land I once gave to Abraham and Isaac. Yes, I will give it to you and your descendants after you.”
¹³ Then God went up from the place where he had spoken to Jacob.
¹⁴ Jacob set up a stone pillar to mark the place where God had spoken to him. Then he poured wine over it as an offering to God and anointed the pillar with olive oil.
¹⁵ And Jacob named the place Bethel (which means “house of God”), because God had spoken to him there.
¹⁶ Leaving Bethel, Jacob and his clan moved on toward Ephrath. But Rachel went into labor while they were still some distance away. Her labor pains were intense.
¹⁷ After a very hard delivery, the midwife finally exclaimed, “Don’t be afraid—you have another son!”
¹⁸ Rachel was about to die, but with her last breath she named the baby Ben-oni (which means “son of my sorrow”). The baby’s father, however, called him Benjamin (which means “son of my right hand”).
¹⁹ So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).