King James Version, Updated™

KJV:   1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there : and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

KJVu: 1 God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there , and there make an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother. "

KJV:   2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments :

KJVu: 2 Then Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, "Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments .

KJV:   3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel ; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

KJVu: 3 Let us arise, and go up to Bethel . There I will make an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. "

KJV:   4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears ; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

KJVu: 4 So they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears , and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

KJV:   5 And they journeyed : and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

KJVu: 5 Then they journeyed , and the terror of God was upon the cities that were around them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

KJV:   7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel : because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

KJVu: 7 And he built an altar there, and called the place Elbethel , because there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

KJV:   8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died , and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak : and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

KJVu: 8 But Deborah , Rebekah’s nurse , died and she was buried below Bethel under an oak , and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

KJV:   9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

KJVu: 9 God appeared to Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

KJV:   10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob : thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name : and he called his name Israel.

KJVu: 10 Then God said to him, "Your name is Jacob . Your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name ." So he called his name Israel.

KJV:   11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty : be fruitful and multiply ; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins ;

KJVu: 11 God said to him, "I am God Almighty , be fruitful and multiply . A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come out of your loins .

KJV:   12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

KJVu: 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your descendants after you I will give the land. "

KJV:   13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

KJVu: 13 Then God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

KJV:   14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone : and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

KJVu: 14 Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, a pillar of stone . He poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it.

KJV:   15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.

KJVu: 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.

KJV:   16 And they journeyed from Bethel ; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath : and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

KJVu: 16 Then they journeyed from Bethel , and when there was but a little way to go to Ephrath , Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

KJV:   17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

KJVu: 17 It came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, you shall have this son also. "

KJV:   18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing , (for she died) that she called his name Benoni : but his father called him Benjamin.

KJVu: 18 It came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died) , that she called his name Benoni , but his father called him Benjamin.

KJV:   19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

KJVu: 19 So Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

KJV:   20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave : that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

KJVu: 20 And Jacob set a pillar on her grave . That is the pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.

KJV:   21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

KJVu: 21 Then Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

KJV:   22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine : and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

KJVu: 22 It came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine , and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

KJV:   23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun :

KJVu: 23 The sons of Leah are Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun .

KJV:   24 The sons of Rachel ; Joseph, and Benjamin :

KJVu: 24 The sons of Rachel are Joseph, and Benjamin .

KJV:   25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid ; Dan, and Naphtali :

KJVu: 25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid are Dan, and Naphtali .

KJV:   26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid ; Gad, and Asher : these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.

KJVu: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid are Gad, and Asher . These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Padanaram.

KJV:   27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

KJVu: 27 Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre, to the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac dwelt.

KJV:   28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

KJVu: 28 The days of Isaac were 180 years.

KJV:   29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days : and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

KJVu: 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days , and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.