1 Disse Deus a Jacó: Levanta-te, sobe a Betel e habita ali; faze ali um altar ao Deus, que te apareceu quando fugiste da face de Esaú, teu irmão.
2 Então disse Jacó a sua família e a todos os que estavam com ele: Lançai fora os deuses estrangeiros que estão no meio de vós, purificai-vos e mudai os vossos vestidos;
3 levantemo-nos e subamos a Betel. Ali farei um altar ao Deus que me respondeu no dia da minha angústia e esteve comigo no caminho em que andei.
4 Deram, pois, a Jacó todos os deuses estrangeiros que possuíam, e as arrecadas que pendiam das suas orelhas; Jacó escondeu-os debaixo do terebinto que está junto a Siquém.
5 Então partiram; veio o terror de Deus sobre as cidades que lhes eram circunvizinhas, e não perseguiram os filhos de Jacó.
6 Assim chegou Jacó a Luz, que está na terra de Canaã (esta é Betel), ele e todo o povo que estava com ele.
7 Edificou ali um altar e chamou ao lugar El-Betel; porque ali Deus se lhe revelou, quando fugiu da face de seu irmão.
8 Morreu Débora, ama de Rebeca, e foi sepultada ao pé de Betel debaixo do carvalho, que se chamava Alom-Bacute.
9 Apareceu Deus a Jacó outra vez, quando voltou de Padã-Arã, e o abençoou.
10 Disse-lhe Deus: O teu nome é Jacó. Não te chamarás mais Jacó, porém o teu nome será Israel. E chamou-lhe Israel.
11 Disse-lhe mais: Eu sou Deus Todo-poderoso; frutifica e multiplica-te. Uma nação e uma multidão de nações sairão de ti, e reis procederão dos teus lombos.
12 A terra que dei a Abraão e a Isaque, a ti a darei; também à tua descendência depois de ti darei a terra.
13 Deus retirou-se dele no lugar onde lhe falou.
14 Jacó erigiu uma coluna, uma coluna de pedra, no lugar onde Deus lhe falara, sobre ela derramou uma libação, e deitou-lhe azeite.
15 Jacó chamou Betel ao lugar onde Deus lhe falara.
16 Partiram de Betel, e ainda havia um trecho antes de chegar a Efrata. Raquel estava de parto, e custou-lhe o dar à luz.
17 Quando ela estava nas dores do parto, disse-lhe a parteira: Não temas; pois ainda terás este filho.
18 Ao sair-lhe a alma (porque morreu), chamou-lhe Benoni; mas seu pai chamou- lhe Benjamim.
19 Morreu Raquel, e foi sepultada no caminho que vai a Efrata (esta é Betlém).
20 Jacó erigiu sobre a sepultura de Raquel uma coluna que existe até o dia de hoje.
21 Partiu Israel e armou a sua tenda além da torre de Eder.
22 Habitando Israel naquela terra, foi Rúben e deitou-se com Bila, concubina de seu pai; e Israel o soube. Os filhos de Jacó eram doze:
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. Estes são os filhos de Jacó, que lhe nasceram em Padã-Arã.
27 Veio Jacó a Isaque, seu pai, a Manre, a Quiriate-Arba (esta é Hebrom), onde peregrinaram Abraão e Isaque.
28 Foram os dias de Isaque cento e oitenta anos.
29 Exalando Isaque o seu espírito, morreu e foi reunido ao seu povo, velho e cheio de dias: e sepultaram-no Esaú e Jacó, seus filhos.
1 And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.
2 Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:
3 And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.
4 Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.
5 So they went on their journey: and the fear of God was on the towns round about, so that they made no attack on the sons of Jacob.
6 And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.
7 And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.
8 And Deborah, the servant who had taken care of Rebekah from her birth, came to her end, and was put to rest near Beth-el, under the holy tree: and they gave it the name of Allon-bacuth.
9 Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,
10 Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.
11 And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;
12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land.
13 Then God went up from him in the place where he had been talking with him.
14 And Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.
15 And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.
16 So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.
17 And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.
18 And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin.
19 So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath (which is Beth-lehem).
20 And Jacob put up a pillar on her resting-place; which is named, The Pillar of the resting-place of Rachel, to this day.
21 And Israel went journeying on and put up his tents on the other side of the tower of the flock.
22 Now while they were living in that country, Reuben had connection with Bilhah, his father's servant-woman: and Israel had news of it.
23 Now Jacob had twelve sons: the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first son, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;
24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;
25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali;
26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant: Gad and Asher; these are the sons whom Jacob had in Paddan-aram.
27 And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had been living.
28 And Isaac was a hundred and eighty years old.
29 Then Isaac came to his end and was put to rest with his father's people, an old man after a long life: and Jacob and Esau, his sons, put him in his last resting-place.