Genesis 35

Jacob is commanded of God to go to Beth-el, and to build an altar there, Genesis 35:1 . His exhortation to his family to put away all strange gods, etc., Genesis 35:2 , Genesis 35:3 . They deliver them all up, and Jacob hides them in the earth, Genesis 35:4 . They commence their journey, Genesis 35:5 ; come to Luz, Genesis 35:6 ; build there the altar El-beth-el, Genesis 35:7 . Burial place of Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, Genesis 35:8 . God appears again unto Jacob, Genesis 35:9 . Blesses him and renews the promises, Genesis 35:10-13 . To commemorate this manifestation of God, Jacob sets up a pillar, and calls the place Beth-el, Genesis 35:14 , Genesis 35:15 . They journey to Ephrath, where Rachel, after hard labor, is delivered of Benjamin, and dies, Genesis 35:16-19 . Jacob sets up a pillar on her grave, Genesis 35:20 . They journey to Edar, Genesis 35:21 . While at this place, Reuben defiles his father's bed, Genesis 35:22 . Account of the children of Jacob, according to the mothers, Genesis 35:23-26 . Jacob comes to Mamre to his father Isaac, who was probably then in the one hundred and fifty-eighth year of his age, Genesis 35:27 . Isaac dies, and is buried by his sons Esau and Jacob, Genesis 35:29 .