1 God said to Jacob, "Go up to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to God who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau."
2 Jacob said to his family and to all those who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, purify yourselves and change your clothes.
3 We will then go up to Bethel. There I will make an altar to God who helped me when I was in trouble and who was with me during my journey."
4 So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had as well as their earrings and Jacob hid them under the oak that was near Shechem.
5 They then left and a terror fell on all the surrounding towns with the result that no one followed in pursuit of them.
6 When Jacob and all those with him came to Luz in Canaan - which is Bethel -
7 he built an altar there and called the place El-Bethel because it was there that God had shown himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
8 At that time Rebekah's nurse, Deborah, died and was buried below Bethel near the oak. That is why it was called the Oak of Tears.
9 God appeared again to Jacob when he arrived from Paddan-aram and blessed him
10 and said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but no longer will you be called Jacob, for Israel will be your name." So he was called Israel.
11 Then God said to him, "Be fruitful and grow in number! A nation or rather a group of nations will come from you.
12 The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you and to your descendants after you."
13 Then God left him.
14 Jacob set up a stone in the place where God had spoken to him and offered a libation on it and poured oil on it.
15 Jacob called the place where God had spoken to him, Bethel.
16 They moved on from Bethel and were still some distance from Ephrath when Rachel gave birth and the delivery was very difficult.
17 When she was in great pain the midwife said to her, "Courage! For now you will have another son."
18 And as she breathed her last - for she was dying - she called him Benoni (which means: son of my pain), but his father named him Benjamin.
19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath - that is Bethlehem -
20 and Jacob placed a pillar over her tomb which marks the place of the tomb to this day.
21 Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond Migdal-eder.
22 While Israel was living in that region, it happened that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Jacob had twelve sons.
23 By Leah: Reuben, Jacob's eldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.
24 The sons by Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
25 The sons by Bilhah, Rachel's slave girl: Dan and Naphtali.
26 The sons by Zilpah, Leah's slave girl: Gad and Asher. These were the sons born to Jacob in Paddanaram.
27 Jacob came home to his father Isaac at Mamre or Kiriatharba (that is, Hebron) where Abraham and Isaac had lived.
28 After living a hundred and eighty years
29 Isaac breathed his last and was gathered to his people at a good old age. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Versículos relacionados com Genesis, 35:
Genesis 35 narrates how Jacob and his family return to Bethel, the place where God had promised Jacob the land of Canaan and where Jacob made a vow to God. When they get there, they build an altar to God and rename the city to Bethel. In this chapter, the death of Rebeca's milk is also mentioned, Debora, and the death of Rachel, wife of Jacob, who gives birth to her second child, Benjamin, before she died. Here are five verses related to the topics addressed in Genesis 35:
Genesis 28:16-17 - "When Jacob woke up from his sleep, he thought, 'No doubt the Lord is in this place, but I didn't know!' He was afraid and said, 'This is a terrible place! This is the house of God, this is the door of heaven! '"This verse makes reference to the moment God appeared to Jacob in a dream and made promises to him in Bethel. The construction of the altar in Bethel in Genesis 35 is a response to that experience of God.
2 Corinthians 6:16 - "What agreement is there between the temple of God and the idols? For we are sanctuary of the living God. As God said, 'I will dwell with them and walk among them; I will be their God, and they will be my people '. " This verse highlights the importance of recognizing that we are sanctuaries of the living God and that He dwells in us. The construction of the altar in Bethel is a recognition of God's presence in that place.
Psalm 121:8 - "The Lord will keep your departure and your arrival from now on and forever." This verse highlights the promise that God will keep and protect those who trust in Him in his journeys. Jacob and his family traveled back to Bethel and built an altar for God there, trusting his protection and guide.
Romans 8:28 - "We know that God acts in all things for the good of those who love Him, of those who were called according to their purpose." This verse highlights the promise that God uses all things for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. Rachel's death, though sad, also led to the birth of Benjamin, who would become an important leader of Israel.
Matthew 5:4 - "Blessed are those who cry, for they will be comforted." This verse highlights the promise of comfort to those who cry. Rachel's death was certainly an occasion to cry, but God promises comfort and comfort for those who suffer.
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