1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest 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 be clean, 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 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 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, that 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 appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.

9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-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 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 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 spake with him, Beth-el.

16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little 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 midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. 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, which is Beth-lehem. 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. 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 it. Now 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 handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto 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 unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

1 Daarna het God vir Jakob gesê: Maak jou klaar, trek op na Bet-el en woon daar; en bou daar 'n altaar vir die God wat aan jou verskyn het toe jy op die vlug was vir jou broer Esau.

2 Toe sê Jakob aan sy huisgesin en aan almal wat by hom was: Verwyder die vreemde gode wat onder julle is, en reinig julle en trek ander klere aan;

3 en laat ons klaarmaak en optrek na Bet-el; en ek sal daar 'n altaar bou vir die God wat my geantwoord het op die dag van my benoudheid en by my was op die weg wat ek gegaan het.

4 Toe gee hulle aan Jakob al die vreemde gode wat in hulle besit was, en die ringe aan hulle ore, en Jakob het dit begrawe onder die terpentynboom wat by Sigem is.

5 En toe hulle weggetrek het, kom daar 'n skrik van God op die stede rondom hulle, sodat hulle die seuns van Jakob nie agternagejaag het nie.

6 So het Jakob dan in Lus aangekom wat in die land Kana„n is dit is Bet-el -- hy en al die mense wat by hom was.

7 en hy het daar 'n altaar gebou en die plek El Bet-el genoem, omdat God daar aan hom geopenbaar is toe hy vir sy broer gevlug het.

8 En Debora, die oppasser van Rebekka, het gesterwe, en sy is begrawe onderkant Bet-el, onder die eikeboom. En hulle het dit genoem: Eik van geween.

9 Toe verskyn God weer aan Jakob, by sy terugkoms uit Paddan-Aram, en Hy seën hom;

10 en God sê vir hom: Jou naam is Jakob; jy sal verder nie Jakob genoem word nie, maar Israel sal jou naam wees. En Hy het hom Israel genoem.

11 Verder sê God vir hom: Ek is God, die Almagtige. Wees vrugbaar en vermeerder. 'n Nasie, ja, 'n menigte van nasies, sal van jou afstam, en konings sal uit jou lendene voortkom.

12 En die land wat Ek aan Abraham en Isak gegee het, sal Ek aan jou gee; en aan jou nageslag n jou sal Ek die land gee.

13 Toe het God van hom af opgevaar op die plek waar Hy met hom gespreek het.

14 En Jakob het 'n gedenksteen opgerig op die plek waar Hy met hom gespreek het, 'n gedenksteen van klip, en daarop 'n drankoffer uitgegiet en olie daarop gegooi.

15 En Jakob het die plek waar God met hom gespreek het, Bet-el genoem.

16 Daarna het hulle van Bet-el af weggetrek. En toe daar nog 'n kort ent pad was om by Efrat te kom, moes Ragel baar; en sy het dit swaar gehad by die bevalling.

17 En terwyl sy dit swaar het by die bevalling, sê die vroedvrou vir haar: Wees nie bevrees nie, want dit is ook 'n seun vir u.

18 En toe haar siel uitgaan -- want sy het gesterwe -- noem sy hom Ben-Oni. Maar sy vader het hom Benjamin genoem.

19 So het Ragel dan gesterwe; en sy is begrawe op die pad na Efrat, dit is Betlehem.

20 En Jakob het 'n gedenksteen op haar graf opgerig; dit is die gedenkteken van die graf van Ragel tot vandag toe.

21 En Israel het weggetrek en sy tent opgeslaan aan die ander kant van Migdal-Eder.

22 En terwyl Israel in die land woon, het Ruben gegaan en met Bilha, sy vader se byvrou, gemeenskap gehad. En Israel het dit gehoor. En die seuns van Jakob was twaalf.

23 Die seuns van Lea was: Ruben, die eersgeborene van Jakob, daarna S¡meon en Levi en Juda en Issaskar en S,bulon.

24 Die seuns van Ragel: Josef en Benjamin.

25 En die seuns van Bilha, die slavin van Ragel: Dan en N ftali.

26 En die seuns van Silpa, die slavin van Lea: Gad en Aser. Dit is die seuns van Jakob wat vir hom in Paddan-Aram gebore is.

27 En Jakob het by sy vader Isak gekom in Mamre, by Kirjat-Arba, dit is Hebron, waar Abraham as vreemdeling vertoef het, en ook Isak.

28 En die dae van Isak was honderd en tagtig jaar.

29 En Isak het die asem uitgeblaas en gesterwe, en hy is by sy volksgenote versamel, oud en afgeleef. En sy seuns Esau en Jakob het hom begrawe.