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And God said to Jacob, Rise up, go to Bethel and live there. And make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled before your brother Esau.

And Jacob said to his house, and to all those with him, Put away the strange gods in your midst, and purify yourselves, and change your clothing.

And let us rise up and go up to Bethel. And I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress. And He was with me in the way in which I went.

And they gave all the strange gods in their hand to Jacob, and the earrings which were in their ears. And Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.

And they pulled up stakes . And the terror of God was on the cities all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan; it is Bethel, he and all the people with him came.

And he built an altar there and called the place Elbethel; because God revealed Himself to him there when he fled from the face of his brother.

And Deborah died, the nurse of Rebekah, and she was buried below Bethel, under the oak. And he called its name, Oak of Weeping.