1 Disse Deus a Jacó: Levanta-te, sobe a Betel e habita ali; faze ali um altar ao Deus que te apareceu quando fugias da presença de Esaú, teu irmão. 2 Então, disse Jacó à sua família e a todos os que com ele estavam: Lançai fora os deuses estranhos que há no vosso meio, purificai-vos e mudai as vossas vestes; 3 levantemo-nos e subamos a Betel. Farei ali um altar ao Deus que me respondeu no dia da minha angústia e me acompanhou no caminho por onde andei. 4 Então, deram a Jacó todos os deuses estrangeiros que tinham em mãos e as argolas que lhes pendiam das orelhas; e Jacó os escondeu debaixo do carvalho que está junto a Siquém.

5 E, tendo eles partido, o terror de Deus invadiu as cidades que lhes eram circunvizinhas, e não perseguiram aos filhos de Jacó. 6 Assim, chegou Jacó a Luz, chamada Betel, que está na terra de Canaã, ele e todo o povo que com ele estava. 7 E edificou ali um altar e ao lugar chamou El-Betel; porque ali Deus se lhe revelou quando fugia da presença de seu irmão. 8 Morreu Débora, a ama de Rebeca, e foi sepultada ao pé de Betel, debaixo do carvalho que se chama Alom-Bacute.

9 Vindo Jacó de Padã-Arã, outra vez lhe apareceu Deus e o abençoou. 10 Disse-lhe Deus: O teu nome é Jacó. Já não te chamarás Jacó, porém Israel será o teu nome. E lhe chamou Israel. 11 Disse-lhe mais: Eu sou o Deus Todo-Poderoso; sê fecundo e multiplica-te; uma nação e multidão de nações sairão de ti, e reis procederão de ti. 12 A terra que dei a Abraão e a Isaque dar-te-ei a ti e, depois de ti, à tua descendência. 13 E Deus se retirou dele, elevando-se do lugar onde lhe falara. 14 Então, Jacó erigiu uma coluna de pedra no lugar onde Deus falara com ele; e derramou sobre ela uma libação e lhe deitou óleo. 15 Ao lugar onde Deus lhe falara, Jacó lhe chamou Betel.

16 Partiram de Betel, e, havendo ainda pequena distância para chegar a Efrata, deu à luz Raquel um filho, cujo nascimento lhe foi a ela penoso. 17 Em meio às dores do parto, disse-lhe a parteira: Não temas, pois ainda terás este filho. 18 Ao sair-lhe a alma (porque morreu), deu-lhe o nome de Benoni; mas seu pai lhe chamou Benjamim. 19 Assim, morreu Raquel e foi sepultada no caminho de Efrata, que é Belém. 20 Sobre a sepultura de Raquel levantou Jacó uma coluna que existe até ao dia de hoje. 21 Então, partiu Israel e armou a sua tenda além da torre de Éder.

22 E aconteceu que, habitando Israel naquela terra, foi Rúben e se deitou com Bila, concubina de seu pai; e Israel o soube. Eram doze os filhos de Israel.

23 Rúben, o primogênito de Jacó, Simeão, Levi, Judá, Issacar e Zebulom, filhos de Lia; 24 José e Benjamim, filhos de Raquel; 25 Dã e Naftali, filhos de Bila, serva de Raquel; 26 e Gade e Aser, filhos de Zilpa, serva de Lia. São estes os filhos de Jacó, que lhe nasceram em Padã-Arã.

27 Veio Jacó a Isaque, seu pai, a Manre, a Quiriate-Arba (que é Hebrom), onde peregrinaram Abraão e Isaque. 28 Foram os dias de Isaque cento e oitenta anos. 29 Velho e farto de dias, expirou Isaque e morreu, sendo recolhido ao seu povo; e Esaú e Jacó, seus filhos, o sepultaram.

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

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:

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

4 And 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.

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

6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

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

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

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

10 And God said to him, Your name is Jacob: your name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be your name: and he called his name Israel.

11 And God said to him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of you, and kings shall come out of your loins;

12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to you I will give it, and to your seed after you will I give the land.

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

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.

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

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

17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; you shall have this son also.

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.

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

20 And Jacob set a pillar on her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel' grave to this day.

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

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

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

24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel' handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:

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

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

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

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.