International Children’s Bible

Genesis 35:21-29 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

21. Then Israel, also called Jacob, continued his journey. He camped just south of Migdal Eder.

22. While Israel was in that land Reuben had physical relations with Israel’s slave woman Bilhah. And Israel heard about it.Jacob had 12 sons.

23. He had 6 sons by his wife Leah. Reuben was his first son. Then Leah had Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.

24. He had 2 sons by his wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

25. He had 2 sons by Rachel’s slave girl Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali.

26. And he had 2 sons by Leah’s slave girl Zilpah: Gad and Asher.These are Jacob’s sons who were born in Northwest Mesopotamia.

27. Jacob went to his father Isaac at Mamre near Hebron. This is where Abraham and Isaac had lived.

28. Isaac lived 180 years.

29. So Isaac breathed his last breath and died when he was very old. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.