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 unto Jacob: 'Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there; and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou didst flee from the face of Esau thy brother.'

2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him: 'Put away the strange gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments;

3 and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; 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.'

4 And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth which was by Shechem.

5 And they journeyed; and a terror of God was upon 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--the same is Beth-el--he and all the people that were with him.

7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el, because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

8 And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon- bacuth.

9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.

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.

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;

12 and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.'

13 And God went up from him in the place where He spoke with him.

14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He spoke with him, a pillar of stone, and he poured out a drink-offering thereon, and poured oil thereon.

15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Beth-el.

16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some way to come to Ephrath; and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the mid-wife said unto her: 'Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.'

18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing--for she died--that she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.

19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath--the same is Beth-lehem.

20 And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; the same is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond Migdal-eder.

22 And it came to pass, while 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:

23 the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first-born, 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's handmaid: Dan and Naphtali;

26 and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram.

27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father to Mamre, to Kiriatharba--the same is Hebron--where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

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

29 And Isaac expired, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.