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Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.
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The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac
Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.
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So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
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As I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).
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When the Canaanites who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.” That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.
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Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and built pens for their flocks.
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There on the plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim.
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So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.
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and were in the valley near Beth Peor east of the Jordan, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites as they came out of Egypt.
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He buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is.
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Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth Aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the region.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
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Then Joshua sent them off, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai—but Joshua spent that night with the people.
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Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
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Not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who did not go after Israel. They left the city open and went in pursuit of Israel.
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The Lord threw them into confusion before Israel, so Joshua and the Israelites defeated them completely at Gibeon. Israel pursued them along the road going up to Beth Horon and cut them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.
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As they fled before Israel on the road down from Beth Horon to Azekah, the Lord hurled large hailstones down on them, and more of them died from the hail than were killed by the swords of the Israelites.
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He also ruled over the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Galilee to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea), to Beth Jeshimoth, and then southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
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the king of Jericho one the king of Ai (near Bethel) one
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the king of Makkedah one the king of Bethel one
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to Heshbon and all its towns on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
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Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth—
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and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Sukkoth and Zaphon with the rest of the realm of Sihon king of Heshbon (the east side of the Jordan, the territory up to the end of the Sea of Galilee).
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went up to Beth Hoglah and continued north of Beth Arabah to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
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Then it curved westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Kesalon), continued down to Beth Shemesh and crossed to Timnah.
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Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet,
