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The Book of Genesis

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1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou 1fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, 1Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and 2change your garments:
3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my 1distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the 1oak which was by Shechem.
5 And they journeyed: and the 1terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
6 So Jacob 1came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
7 And he built there an altar, and called the place aElbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 But Deborah Rebekah's 1nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called aAllonbachuth.
9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
10 And God 1said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but aIsrael shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
11 And God said unto him, I am 1God Almighty: be 2fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
12 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.
13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
14 And Jacob set up a 1pillar 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.
15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to aEphrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.
17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name aBenoni: but his father called him bBenjamin.
19 And Rachel 1died, and was buried in the way to 2Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of 1Rachel's grave unto this day.
21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and 1lay with 2Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
23 The sons of Leah; 1Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto 1Mamre, unto the city of 2Arba, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
28 And the days of Isaac were an ahundred and fourscore years.
29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was 1gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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7 (a) "Elbethel" - another name for Bethel
Strongs 416 'El Beyth-'El ale bayth-ale' from 410 and 1008; the God of Bethel; El-Bethel, the title given to a consecrated spot by Jacob:--El-beth-el.
410 'el ale shortened from 352; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity):--God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
1008 Beyth-'El bayth-ale' from 1004 and 410; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine:--Beth-el.
1004 bayith bah'-yith probably from 1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):--court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
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8 (a) "Allonbachuth" = oak of weeping.
Strongs #439 - from 437 (allown = oak) and 1068 (bekiyth = weeping)
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10 (a) "Israel" = have power with God.
Strongs 3478 Yisra'el yis-raw-ale' from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:
8280 sarah saw-raw' a primitive root; to prevail:--have power (as a prince).
410 'el ale shortened from 352; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity):--God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
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16 (a) "Ephrath" = fruitfulness, another name for Bethlehem.
Strongs 672 'Ephraath ef-rawth' or mEphrathah {ef-raw'-thaw}; from 6509; fruitfulness; Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem; once (Psa. 132:6) perhaps for Ephraim; also of an Israelitish woman:--Ephrath, Ephratah.
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18 (a) "Benoni" = son of my sorrow.
Strongs 1126 Ben-'Owniy ben-o-nee' from 1121 and 205; son of my sorrow; Ben-Oni, the original name of Benjamin:--Ben-oni. (b) "Benjamin" = son of my right hand.
Strongs 1144 Binyamiyn bin-yaw-mene' from 1121 and 3225; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory:--Benjamin.
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