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And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.

And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,

And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin.

And Israel went journeying on and put up his tents on the other side of the tower of the flock.

Now while they were living in that country, Reuben had connection with Bilhah, his father's servant-woman: and Israel had news of it.

And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had been living.

Then Isaac came to his end and was put to rest with his father's people, an old man after a long life: and Jacob and Esau, his sons, put him in his last resting-place.

Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters, and all the people of his house, and his beasts and his cattle and all his goods which he had got together in the land of Canaan, and went into the land of Seir, away from his brother Jacob.

So Esau made his living-place in the hill-country of Seir (Esau is Edom).

And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; that same Anah who made the discovery of the water-springs in the waste land, when he was looking after the asses of his father Zibeon.

And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah his daughter.

Bela, son of Beor, was king in Edom, and the name of his chief town was Dinhabah.

At his death, Jobab, son of Zerah of Bozrah, became king in his place.

And at the death of Jobab, Husham, from the country of the Temanites, became king in his place.

And at the death of Husham, Hadad, son of Bedad, who overcame the Midianites in the field of Moab, became king; his chief town was named Avith.

And at the death of Samlah, Shaul of Rehoboth by the River became king in his place.

And at the death of Baal-hanan, Hadar became king in his place; his chief town was named Pau, and his wife's name was Mehetabel; she was the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.

Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.

These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.