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Genesis 35:19-20-27-29 The Message (MSG)

19-20. Rachel died and was buried on the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem. Jacob set up a pillar to mark her grave. It is still there today, “Rachel’s Grave Stone.”

21-22. Israel kept on his way and set up camp at Migdal Eder. While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went and slept with his father’s concubine, Bilhah. And Israel heard of what he did.

22-26. There were twelve sons of Jacob.The sons by Leah:Reuben, Jacob’s firstbornSimeonLeviJudahIssacharZebulun.The sons by Rachel:JosephBenjamin.The sons by Bilhah, Rachel’s maid:DanNaphtali.The sons by Zilpah, Leah’s maid:GadAsher.These were Jacob’s sons, born to him in Paddan Aram.

27-29. Finally, Jacob made it back home to his father Isaac at Mamre in Kiriath Arba, present-day Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived. Isaac was now 180 years old. Isaac breathed his last and died—an old man full of years. He was buried with his family by his sons Esau and Jacob.

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