And God sayd vnto Iacob/ aryse ãd get the vp to Bethell/ & dwell
there. And make there an aulter vnto God that apeared vnto the/ when
thou fleddest from Esau thy brother. Than sayd Iacob vnto his
housholde & to all y^t were with him/ put away the straũge goddes
that are amonge you & make youre selues cleane/ & chaunge youre
garmẽtes/ & let vs aryse & goo vp to Bethell/ y^t I maye make an
aulter there/ vnto God which herde me in the daye of my tribulatiõ &
was wyth me in the waye which I went.
And they gaue vnto Iacob all the straunge goddes which were vnder
their handes/ ãd all their earynges which were in their eares/ and
Iacob hyd them vnder an ooke at Sichem. And they departed. And the
feare of God fell vpon the cyties that were rounde aboute them/ that
they durst not folowe after the sonnes of Iacob. So came Iacob to Lus
in the lande of Canaan/ otherwise called Bethell/ with all the people
that was with him. And he buylded there an aulter/ and called the
place Elbethell: because that God appered vnto him there/ when he fled
from his brother.
Than dyed Debora Rebeccas norse/ and was buryed benethe Bethell vnder
an ooke. And the name of it was called the ooke of lamentation.
And God appeared vnto Iacob agayne after he came out of Mesopotamia/ &
blessed him and sayde vnto him: thy name is Iacob. Not withstondynge
thou shalt be no more called Iacob/ but Israel shalbe thy name. And so
was his name called Israell.
And God sayde vnto him: I am God allmightie/ growe and multiplye: for
people and a multitude of people shall sprynge of the/ yee ãd kynges
shall come out of they loynes. And the lande which I gaue Abrahã &
Isaac/ will I geue vnto the/ & vnto thi seed after the will I geue it
also. And god departed frõ him in the place where he talked with him.
And Iacob set vp a marke in the place where he talked with him: euen a
pilloure of stone/ & powred drynkeoffringe theron and powred also oyle
thereon/ and called the name of the place where God spake with him/
Bethell.
And they departed from Bethel/ & when he was but a feld brede from
Ephrath/ Rahel began to trauell. And in travelynge she was in perell.
And as she was in paynes of hir laboure/ the mydwyfe sayde vnto her:
feare not/ for thou shalt haue this sonne also. Then as hir soule was
a departinge/ that she must dye: she called his name Ben Oni. But his
father called him Ben Iamin. And thus dyed Rahel ãd was buryed in the
waye to Ephrath which now is called Bethlehem. And Iacob sett vp a
piller apon hir graue/ which is called Rahels graue piller vnto this
daye. And Israell went thẽce and pitched vp his tent beyonde the toure
of Eder.
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