God Blesses Jacob at Bethel
1 God said to Jacob, “Go to Bethel at once, and live there. Build an altar there to me, the God who appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau.”
2 So Jacob said to his family and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that you have; purify yourselves and put on clean clothes. 3 We are going to leave here and go to Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who helped me in the time of my trouble and who has been with me everywhere I have gone.” 4 So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that they had and also the earrings that they were wearing. He buried them beneath the oak tree near Shechem.
5 When Jacob and his sons started to leave, great fear fell on the people of the nearby towns, and they did not pursue them. 6 Jacob came with all his people to Luz, which is now known as Bethel, in the land of Canaan. 7 He built an altar there and named the place for the God of Bethel, because God had revealed himself to him there when he was running away from his brother. 8 Rebecca's nurse Deborah died and was buried beneath the oak south of Bethel. So it was named “Oak of Weeping.”
9 When Jacob returned from Mesopotamia, God appeared to him again and blessed him. 10 God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but from now on it will be Israel.” So God named him Israel. 11 And God said to him, “I am Almighty God. Have many children. Nations will be descended from you, and you will be the ancestor of kings. 12 I will give you the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, and I will also give it to your descendants after you.” 13 Then God left him. 14 There, where God had spoken to him, Jacob set up a memorial stone and consecrated it by pouring wine and olive oil on it. 15 He named the place Bethel.
The Death of Rachel
16 Jacob and his family left Bethel, and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, the time came for Rachel to have her baby, and she was having difficult labor. 17 When her labor pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, “Don't be afraid, Rachel; it's another boy.” 18 But she was dying, and as she breathed her last, she named her son Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
19 When Rachel died, she was buried beside the road to Ephrath, now known as Bethlehem. 20 Jacob set up a memorial stone there, and it still marks Rachel's grave to this day. 21 Jacob moved on and set up his camp on the other side of the tower of Eder.
The Sons of Jacob
(1 Chronicles 2.11 2)22 While Jacob was living in that land, Reuben had sexual intercourse with Bilhah, one of his father's concubines; Jacob heard about it and was furious.
Jacob had twelve sons. 23 The sons of Leah were Reuben (Jacob's oldest son), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. 24 The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. 25 The sons of Rachel's slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali. 26 The sons of Leah's slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These sons were born in Mesopotamia.
The Death of Isaac
27 Jacob went to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived. 28 Isaac lived to be a hundred and eighty years old 29 and died at a ripe old age; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Jēkabs atgriežas Bētelē
1 Dievs teica Jēkabam: “Celies, ej uz Bēteli un apmeties tur, un uzcel tur altāri Dievam, kas tev parādījās, kad tu muki no sava brāļa Ēsava!” 2 Un Jēkabs teica savam namam un visiem, kas bija ar viņu: “Aizvāciet svešos dievus, kas jums ir, šķīstieties un nomainiet savas drānas! 3 Celsimies un iesim uz Bēteli, un es uzcelšu tur altāri Dievam, kas man atbildēja nelaimes dienā un bija ar mani ceļā, ko es gāju!” 4 Un viņi atdeva Jēkabam visus svešos dievus, kas tiem bija, un gredzenus, kas tiem ausīs, un Jēkabs tos paslēpa zem ozola pie Šehemas. 5 Viņiem promejot, pār apkārtnes pilsētām nāca Dieva šausmas, un to iemītnieki nedzinās pakaļ Jēkaba dēliem. 6 Un Jēkabs nonāca Lūzā, kas Kanaāna zemē, – tā ir Bētele, viņš un visi tie ļaudis, kas bija ar viņu. 7 Un viņš uzcēla tur altāri un nosauca to vietu par Ēl-Bēteli , jo tur viņam bija atklājies Dievs, kad viņš bēga no sava brāļa. 8 Rebekas zīdītāja Debora nomira un tika apbedīta lejpus Bēteles zem ozola. To nosauca par Raudu ozolu.
9 Un Dievs atkal parādījās Jēkabam, kad viņš nāca no Padān-Arāmas, un viņš svētīja viņu. 10 Dievs viņam teica: “Tavs vārds ir Jēkabs! Tevi vairs nesauks vārdā Jēkabs, bet gan – Israēls būs tavs vārds!” Un viņš nosauca to vārdā Israēls. 11 Un Dievs viņam teica: “Es esmu visvarenais Dievs! Augļojies un vairojies – tauta un tautu pulks taps no tevis, un no taviem gurniem nāks ķēniņi! 12 Un to zemi, ko es devu Ābrahāmam un Īzakam, es došu tev, un taviem pēcnācējiem pēc tevis es došu šo zemi!” 13 Un Dievs pacēlās no viņa augšup tajā vietā, kur viņš ar to bija runājis. 14 Un Jēkabs uzslēja piemiņas stabu tajā vietā, kur viņš bija runājis ar Jēkabu, akmens stabu, un izlēja pār to lejamo upuri un apslacīja to ar eļļu. 15 Un to vietu, kur Dievs ar viņu bija runājis, Jēkabs nosauca vārdā Bētele.
Benjāmina dzimšana un Rāhēles nāve
16 Viņi aizgāja no Bēteles, un, kad bija palicis vēl kāds gabals ceļa līdz Efrātai, Rāhēle dzemdēja un dzemdējot mocījās. 17 Kad nu viņa dzemdībās mocījās, tad vecmāte viņai teica: “Nebaidies, jo arī šis tev ir dēls!” 18 Un, kad viņu atstāja dvēsele, jo viņa mira, viņa nosauca to vārdā Ben-Onī , bet viņa tēvs to nosauca par Benjāminu . 19 Un Rāhēle nomira un tika apglabāta ceļā uz Efrātu, tas ir, Betlēmi. 20 Un Jēkabs uz viņas kapa uzslēja piemiņas stabu, tas ir Rāhēles kapa piemiņas stabs līdz šai dienai. 21 Un Israēls klejoja un pleta savas teltis viņpus Migdal-Ēderas.
22 Kad Israēls mita tajā zemē, tad Rūbens gāja un gulēja ar Bilhu, sava tēva blakussievu, un Israēls to uzzināja. 23 Jēkabam bija divpadsmit dēli. Leas dēli – Jēkaba pirmdzimtais Rūbens un Šimons, un Levī, un Jūda, un Jisašhars, un Zebulūns. 24 Rāhēles dēli – Jāzeps un Benjāmins. 25 Un Bilhas, Rāhēles kalpones, dēli – Dāns un Naftālī. 26 Un Zilpas, Leas kalpones, dēli – Gāds un Ašērs, šie ir Jēkaba dēli, kas viņam tika dzemdēti Padān-Arāmā.
Īzaka nāve
27 Un Jēkabs atnāca pie sava tēva Īzaka uz Mamri, Kirjat-Arbu, tā ir Hebrona, kur bija mituši Ābrahāms un Īzaks. 28 Īzaka dienas bija simts astoņdesmit gadi. 29 Un sataisījās Īzaks un nomira, un tika piepulcināts saviem ļaudīm – vecs un sāts dienu, un viņu apglabāja Ēsavs un Jēkabs, viņa dēli.
