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 In the meantime God said to Jacob: Arise, and go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee when thou didst flee from Esau thy brother.2 And Jacob having called together all his household, said: Cast away the strange gods that are among you, and be cleansed and change your garments.3 Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, that we may make there an altar to God: who heard me in the day of my affliction, and accompanied me in my journey.4 So they gave him all the strange gods they had, and the earrings which were in their ears: and he buried them under the turpentine tree, that is behind the city of Sichem.5 And when they were departed, the terror of God fell upon all the cities round about, and they durst not pursue after them as they went away.6 And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, surnamed Bethel: he and all the people that were with him.7 And he built there an altar, and called the name of that place, The house of God: for there God appeared to him when he fled from his brother.8 At the same time Debora the nurse of Rebecca died, and was buried at the foot of Bethel under an oak: and the name of that place was called, The oak of weeping.9 And God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him,10 Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel.11 And said to him: I am God Almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee.13 And he departed from him.14 But he set up a monument of stone, in the place where God had spoken to him: pouring drink offerings upon it, and pouring oil thereon:15 And calling the name of that place Bethel.16 And going forth from thence, he came in the springtime to the land which leadeth to Ephrata: wherein when Rachel was in travail,17 By reason of her hard labor she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also.18 And when her soul was departing for pain, and death was now at hand, she called the name of her son Benoni, that is, The son of my pain: but his father called him Benjamin, that is, The son of the right hand.19 So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, that is Bethlehem.20 And Jacob erected a pillar over her sepulcher: this is the pillar of Rachel's monument, to this day.21 Departing thence, he pitched his tent beyond the Flock tower.22 And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala, the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.23 The sons of Lia: Ruben the firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Juda, and Issachar, and Zebulon.24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.25 The sons of Bala, Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Naphthali.26 The sons of Zelpha, Lia's handmaid: Gad and Aser: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.27 And he came to Isaac his father in Mambre, the city of Arbee, this is Hebron: Wherein Abraham and Isaac sojourned.28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.29 And being spent with age he died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.