1 And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar unto the *God that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
2 And Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;
3 and we will arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to the *God that answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.
4 And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods that were in their hand, and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the terebinth that {is} by Shechem.
5 And they journeyed; and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
6 And 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 El-beth-el; because there God had appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 And Deborah, Rebecca's nurse, died; and she was buried beneath Bethel, under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
9 And God appeared to Jacob again after he had come from Padan-Aram, and blessed him.
10 And God said to him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called his name Israel.
11 And God said to him, I am the Almighty *God: 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 that I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee will I 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 had talked with him.
14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had talked with him, a pillar of stone, and poured on it a drink-offering, and poured oil on it.
15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God had talked with him, Beth-el.
16 And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing.
17 And it came to pass when it went hard with her in her childbearing, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.
18 And it came to pass as her soul was departing-for she died-that she called his name Benoni; but his father called him Benjamin.
19 And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which {is} Bethlehem.
20 And Jacob erected a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to {this} day.
21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent on the other side of Migdal-Eder.
22 And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. And the sons of Jacob were twelve.
23 The sons of Leah: Reuben-Jacob's 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's maidservant: Dan and Naphtali.
26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob that were born to him in Padan-Aram.
27 And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre-to Kirjath-Arba, which is Hebron; where Abraham had sojourned, and Isaac.
28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.
29 And Isaac expired and died, and was gathered to his peoples, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
1 Dievas tarė Jokūbui: "Kelkis ir eik į Betelį, ir apsistok ten; pastatyk aukurą Dievui, kuris tau pasirodė, kai bėgai nuo savo brolio Ezavo".
2 Jokūbas įsakė saviesiems ir visiems, buvusiems su juo: "Pašalinkite svetimus dievus, kurie yra tarp jūsų, apsivalykite ir pakeiskite drabužius!
3 Eikime į Betelį, ten pastatysiu aukurą Dievui, kuris mane išklausė pavojuje ir buvo su manimi kelyje, kuriuo aš ėjau!"
4 Jie atidavė Jokūbui visus svetimus dievus, kuriuos jie turėjo, ir auskarus, o Jokūbas juos užkasė po ąžuolu prie Sichemo.
5 Jie iškeliavo, ir siaubas nuo Dievo apėmė aplinkinius miestus, kad niekas nedrįso vytis Jokūbo sūnų.
6 Taip Jokūbas ir visi su juo esantys žmonės atėjo į Lūzą, dar vadinamą Beteliu, kuri yra Kanaano šalyje.
7 Ten jis pastatė aukurą ir tą vietą pavadino El Betelis, nes ten jam pasirodė Dievas, kai jis bėgo nuo savo brolio veido.
8 Ten mirė Debora, Rebekos auklė, ir buvo palaidota prie Betelio po ąžuolu, kurį pavadino Raudos ąžuolu.
9 Dievas vėl pasirodė Jokūbui, kai jis atvyko iš Mesopotamijos, ir jį palaimino.
10 Ir Dievas tarė jam: "Tavo vardas Jokūbas, bet tu nebesivadinsi Jokūbu. Tavo vardas bus Izraelis!
11 Aš esu Dievas Visagalis. Būk vaisingas ir dauginkis! Tauta ir daugelis tautų atsiras iš tavęs, ir karaliai išeis iš tavo strėnų!
12 Tą žemę, kurią daviau Abraomui ir Izaokui, atiduosiu tau ir po tavęs duosiu tavo palikuonims".
13 Tada Dievas pasitraukė nuo jo iš tos vietos, kur su juo kalbėjo.
14 Jokūbas pastatė akmeninį paminklą toje vietoje, kur Dievas kalbėjo su juo, išliejo ant jo geriamąją auką ir aliejaus.
15 Jokūbas pavadino tą vietą, kur Dievas su juo kalbėjo, Beteliu.
16 Iš Betelio jie keliavo toliau. Nepasiekus Efratos, Rachelė gimdė, ir jos gimdymas buvo sunkus.
17 Jai esant gimdymo kančiose, pribuvėja jai tarė: "Nebijok! Ir šį kartą turėsi sūnų".
18 Kai jos siela buvo beatsiskirianti, nes ji buvo prie mirties, ji pavadino jį Ben Oniu, bet tėvas jį pavadino Benjaminu.
19 Ir Rachelė mirė ir buvo palaidota prie kelio, einančio į Efratą, tai yra Betliejų.
20 Jokūbas pastatė ant jos kapo paminklą; tas Rachelės kapo paminklas tebestovi iki šios dienos.
21 Izraelis keliavo toliau ir apsistojęs pasistatė palapines anapus Edero bokšto.
22 Izraeliui gyvenant anoje šalyje, Rubenas miegojo su savo tėvo sugulove Bilha. Izraelis tai sužinojo. Jokūbo sūnų buvo dvylika.
23 Lėjos sūnūs: Jokūbo pirmagimis Rubenas, Simeonas, Levis, Judas, Isacharas ir Zabulonas.
24 Rachelės sūnūs: Juozapas ir Benjaminas.
25 Rachelės tarnaitės Bilhos sūnūs: Danas ir Neftalis.
26 Lėjos tarnaitės Zilpos sūnūs: Gadas ir Ašeras. Šitie yra Jokūbo sūnūs, gimę jam Mesopotamijoje.
27 Jokūbas atėjo pas savo tėvą Izaoką į Mamrę, į Kirjat Arbos miestą, tai yra Hebroną, kur Abraomas ir Izaokas buvo ateiviai.
28 Izaokas sulaukė šimto aštuoniasdešimties metų.
29 Ir Izaokas atidavė savo dvasią, ir mirė, ir susijungė su savo tauta, būdamas senas ir pasisotinęs gyvenimu. Jį palaidojo jo sūnūs Ezavas ir Jokūbas.