מדרש על בראשית 35:3

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Observe what is written: Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now thou shalt go forth out of the city and shalt dwell in the field (Micah 4:10). The ketiv (traditional spelling) is “I shall dwell” (rather than the Masoretic “thou shalt dwell” as in the preceding quotation) to indicate that though I shall exile you from its midst, my Shekhinah will not depart from the city. The field mentioned here alludes only to Zion, as it is said: Zion unto a field will be plowed (ibid. 3:12). The Holy One, blessed be He, declared: You shall pray unto me in the direction of the Holy City, and I will hearken from heaven and heal your land. Therefore Jacob said to his sons: Let us arise, and go up to Beth-El. What shall we do there? they asked. And he answered: The Holy One, blessed be He, has commanded me to arise, go up to Beth-El and dwell there.

R. Jose said: He immediately began to take [counsel with] the tribes who would go up with him. Thus it is stated (in Gen. 35:3): LET US ARISE AND GO UP. They said to him: Where to? He said to them: To the place where my Creator told me (in vs. 1): ARISE, GO UP TO BETHEL…. R. Aha said: Jerusalem is only built by virtue of the tribes. It is so stated (in Ps. 122:3): JERUSALEM IS BUILT UP AS A CITY WHICH HAS BEEN KNIT TOGETHER. What is written after this (in vs. 4)? FOR THERE HAVE THE TRIBES GONE UP….