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.
1 Un Dievs sacīja uz Jēkabu: "Celies, ej uz Bēteli un paliec tur un taisi tur altāri Dievam, kas tev parādījās, kad tu bēgi no sava brāļa Ēsava." 2 Tad Jēkabs sacīja saviem mājiniekiem un visiem tiem, kas bija pie viņa: "Atmetiet svešos dievus, kādi vēl jūsu vidū, šķīstaities un mainiet savas drēbes. 3 Tad celsimies un noiesim uz Bēteli, un es tur uzcelšu altāri tam Dievam, kas mani paklausīja manās posta dienās un kas bija ar mani ceļā, ko esmu nostaigājis." 4 Un viņi nodeva Jēkabam visus svešos dievus, kādi bija viņu rokās, un arī tos auskarus, kas bija viņu ausīs, un Jēkabs tos apraka zem ozola pie Sihemas. 5 Un viņi devās ceļā, bet Dievs uzsūtīja bailību pār pilsētām, kas bija viņu apkārtnē, un tie nedzinās Jēkabam un viņa dēliem pakaļ. 6 Un Jēkabs nonāca Lūzā, kas atrodas Kānaāna zemē, tas ir, Bētelē; viņš līdz ar visu, kas tam bija. 7 Un viņš uzcēla tur altāri un nosauca to vietu: Ēl-Bētele, jo tur Dievs viņam bija atklājies, kad viņš bēga no sava brāļa. 8 Bet Rebekas aukle Debora nomira un tika apglabāta pie Bēteles zem ozola, un šo vietu nosauca: Raudu ozols. 9 Un Dievs parādījās Jēkabam vēlreiz, kad tas nāca no Mezopotāmijas, un Viņš to svētīja. 10 Un Dievs sacīja viņam: "Tavs vārds ir Jēkabs, bet turpmāk tavs vārds nebūs Jēkabs, bet Israēls būs tavs vārds." Un Viņš to nosauca par Israēlu. 11 Un Dievs viņu pamācīja: "Es esmu visuspēcīgais Dievs; augļojies un vairojies. Tauta, jā, pat tautu kopa lai ceļas no tevis, un ķēniņi nāks no taviem gurniem. 12 Un to zemi, ko Es biju devis Ābrahāmam un Īzākam, tev Es to došu, un taviem pēcnācējiem pēc tevis Es došu šo zemi." 13 Un Dievs cēlās projām no viņa tai vietā, kur Viņš ar to bija runājis. 14 Bet Jēkabs uzcēla piemiņas akmeni vietā, kur viņš bija ar Viņu runājis, akmens stabu, un lēja pār to slakāmo upuri, un viņš lēja pār to arī eļļu. 15 Un Jēkabs nosauca vietu, kurā Dievs ar viņu bija runājis, par Bēteli. 16 Un viņi devās ceļā no Bēteles; un, kad vēl bija atlicis kāds zemes pārgājiens līdz Efratai, Rahēlei bija jādzemdē, bet viņai bija grūti dzemdēt. 17 Un, tā kā viņai bija grūti dzemdēt, tad vecmāte viņai sacīja: "Nebīsties, arī šoreiz tev būs dēls." 18 Un notika, viņas dvēselei šķiroties, jo tai bija jāmirst, tā nosauca viņu par Benoni , bet Jēkabs to nosauca par Benjamīnu . 19 Un Rahēle nomira un tika apglabāta pie ceļa uz Efratu, tas ir, uz Bētlemi. 20 Un Jēkabs uzcēla piemiņas akmeni pie viņas kapa vietas, tas ir Rahēles kapa akmens līdz šai dienai. 21 Un Israēls devās ceļā un uzcēla savu telti viņpus Migdalederas. 22 Un, kamēr Israēls vēl dzīvoja tanī zemē, Rūbens nāca un gulēja pie sava tēva blakussievas Bilhas, un Israēls to dabūja zināt. Un Jēkabam bija divpadsmit dēli. 23 Leas dēli ir: Rūbens, Jēkaba pirmdzimtais, Simeons, Levijs, Jūda, Isašars un Zebulons. 24 Rahēles dēli ir: Jāzeps un Benjamīns. 25 Un Rahēles kalpones Bilhas dēli ir: Dans un Naftalis. 26 Un Leas kalpones Zilfas dēli ir: Gads un Ašers. Tie ir Jēkaba dēli, kas viņam tika dzemdēti Mezopotāmijā. 27 Un Jēkabs nāca pie sava tēva Īzāka uz Mamri, Kirijat-Arbas tuvumā. Tā ir Hebrona, kur Ābrahāms un Īzāks bija dzīvojuši kā svešinieki. 28 Bet Īzākam bija simts astoņdesmit gadi. 29 Un Īzāks kļuva vājš un nomira, un tika piepulcināts saviem ļaudīm, vecs un savu mūžu nodzīvojis, un Jēkabs un Ēsavs, viņa dēli, to apglabāja.
