God told Jacob to go to Bethel and to build an altar to God.
Jacob told them to put away their foreign gods, to purify themselves, and to change their clothes.
The people of the cities around them did not pursue them because they were afraid of God.
Jacob called it "Elbethel" because it was the place God had revealed himself to Jacob when Jacob was fleeing from Esau.
God gave Jacob the new name Israel.
God reaffirmed the promise that Jacob would become a company of nations with kings among his descendants, and that the land God had promised to Abraham and Isaac would be given to him and his descendants.
Rachel died during her labor with Benjamin.
Rachel died during her labor with Benjamin.
Israel heard that Reuben had slept with Bilhah, Israel's concubine.
Jacob had twelve sons.
Joseph and Benjamin were born from Rachel.
Isaac lived one hundred eighty years.
Esau and Jacob buried Isaac.