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They slew Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.

So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments;

and there he built an altar, and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.

And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name." So his name was called Israel.

And as her soul was departing (for she died), she called his name Ben-o'ni; but his father called his name Benjamin.

Israel journeyed on, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

While Israel dwelt in that land Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kir'iath-ar'ba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.

And Isaac breathed his last; and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholiba'mah the daughter of Anah the son of Zib'eon the Hivite,

Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his cattle, all his beasts, and all his property which he had acquired in the land of Canaan; and he went into a land away from his brother Jacob.

These are the sons of Zib'eon: A'iah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he pastured the asses of Zib'eon his father.

Bela the son of Be'or reigned in Edom, the name of his city being Din'habah.

Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Te'manites reigned in his stead.

Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Mid'ian in the country of Moab, reigned in his stead, the name of his city being Avith.

Hadad died, and Samlah of Masre'kah reigned in his stead.

Samlah died, and Shaul of Reho'both on the Euphra'tes reigned in his stead.

Shaul died, and Ba'al-ha'nan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

Ba'al-ha'nan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead, the name of his city being Pau; his wife's name was Mehet'abel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Me'zahab.