God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and remain there; and build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”
So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Rid yourselves of the alien gods in your midst, purify yourselves, and change your clothes.
Come, let us go up to Bethel, and I will build an altar there to the God who answered me when I was in distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.”
They gave to Jacob all the alien gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the terebinth that was near Shechem.
There he built an altar and named the site El-bethel, El-bethel “The God of Bethel.” for it was there that God had been revealed to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and was buried under the oak below Bethel; so it was named Allon-bacuth. Allon-bacuth Understood as “the oak of the weeping.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותמת
846
דברה
211
מינקת
600
רבקה
307
ותקבר
708
מתחת
848
לביתאל
473
תחת
808
האלון
92
ויקרא
317
שמו
346
אלון
87
בכותפ
508
Genesis 35:9
Gematria: 1667
ויראאלהיםאליעקבעודבבאומפדןארםויברךאתו
God appeared again to Jacob on his arrival from Paddan-aram. God blessed him,
And God said to him,“I am El Shaddai. El Shaddai Cf. 17.1. Be fertile and increase;A nation, yea an assembly of nations,Shall descend from you.Kings shall issue from your loins.
They set out from Bethel; but when they were still some distance short of Ephrath, Rachel was in childbirth, and she had hard labor.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויסעו
152
מבית
452
אל
31
ויהיעוד
111
כברתהארץ
918
לבוא
39
אפרתה
686
ותלד
440
רחל
238
ותקש
806
בלדתה
441
Genesis 35:17
Gematria: 3294
ויהיבהקשתהבלדתהותאמרלההמילדתאלתיראיכיגםזהלךבן
When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Have no fear, for it is another boy for you.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויהי
31
בהקשתה
812
בלדתה
441
ותאמר
647
לה
35
המילדת
489
אלתיראי
652
כיגםזה
85
לך
50
בן
52
Genesis 35:18
Gematria: 3130
ויהיבצאתנפשהכימתהותקראשמובןאוניואביוקראלובנימין
But as she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni; Ben-oni Understood as “son of my suffering (or, strength).” but his father called him Benjamin. Benjamin I.e., “son of the right hand,” or “son of the south.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויהי
31
בצאת
493
נפשה
435
כי
30
מתה
445
ותקרא
707
שמו
346
בןאוני
119
ואביו
25
קראלו
337
בנימין
162
Genesis 35:19
Gematria: 3206
ותמתרחלותקברבדרךאפרתההואביתלחם
Thus Rachel died. She was buried on the road to Ephrath—now Bethlehem.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ותמת
846
רחל
238
ותקבר
708
בדרך
226
אפרתה
686
הוא
12
בית
412
לחם
78
Genesis 35:20
Gematria: 2853
ויצביעקבמצבהעלקברתההואמצבתקברתרחלעדהיום
Over her grave Jacob set up a pillar; it is the pillar at Rachel’s grave to this day.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויצב
108
יעקב
182
מצבה
137
עלקברתה
807
הוא
12
מצבת
532
קברתרחל
940
עדהיום
135
Genesis 35:21
Gematria: 1215
ויסעישראלויטאהלהמהלאהלמגדלעדר
Israel journeyed on, and pitched his tent beyond Migdal-eder.
While Israel stayed in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine; and Israel found out. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve in number.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויהי
31
בשכן
372
ישראל
541
בארץ
293
ההוא
17
וילך
66
ראובן
259
וישכב
338
אתבלהה
443
פילגש
423
אביו
19
וישמע
426
ישראלפויהיו
658
בנייעקב
244
שנים
400
עשר
570
Genesis 35:23
Gematria: 2264
בנילאהבכוריעקבראובןושמעוןולויויהודהויששכרוזבלון
The sons of Leah: Reuben—Jacob’s first-born—Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
Word-by-Word Analysis
בני
62
לאה
36
בכור
228
יעקב
182
ראובן
259
ושמעון
472
ולוי
52
ויהודה
36
ויששכר
836
וזבלון
101
Genesis 35:24
Gematria: 614
בנירחליוסףובנימן
The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Word-by-Word Analysis
בני
62
רחל
238
יוסף
156
ובנימן
158
Genesis 35:25
Gematria: 1766
ובניבלההשפחתרחלדןונפתלי
The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid: Dan and Naphtali.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ובני
68
בלהה
42
שפחת
788
רחל
238
דן
54
ונפתלי
576
Genesis 35:26
Gematria: 2766
ובניזלפהשפחתלאהגדואשראלהבנייעקבאשרילדלובפדןארם
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
when he breathed his last and died. He ” was gathered to his kin kin (So NJPS.) See the Dictionary under “predecessors.” in ripe old age; and he was buried by his sons Esau and Jacob.