1 And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar unto the *God that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
2 And Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;
3 and we will arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to the *God that answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.
4 And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods that were in their hand, and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the terebinth that {is} 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 And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, 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 had appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 And Deborah, Rebecca's nurse, died; and she was buried beneath Bethel, under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
9 And God appeared to Jacob again after he had come from Padan-Aram, and blessed him.
10 And God said to him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called his name Israel.
11 And God said to him, I am the Almighty *God: 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 that I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee will I 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 had talked with him.
14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had talked with him, a pillar of stone, and poured on it a drink-offering, and poured oil on it.
15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God had talked with him, Beth-el.
16 And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing.
17 And it came to pass when it went hard with her in her childbearing, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.
18 And it came to pass as her soul was departing-for she died-that she called his name Benoni; but his father called him Benjamin.
19 And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which {is} Bethlehem.
20 And Jacob erected a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to {this} day.
21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent on the other side of Migdal-Eder.
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 of it. And 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 maidservant: Dan and Naphtali.
26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob that were born to him in Padan-Aram.
27 And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre-to Kirjath-Arba, which is Hebron; where Abraham had sojourned, and Isaac.
28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.
29 And Isaac expired and died, and was gathered to his peoples, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
1 Deus disse a Jacó: "Vamos, sobe a Betel e fica ali, e levanta um altar nesse lugar ao Deus que se manifestou a ti, quando fugias diante de teu irmão Esaú."
2 Jacó disse à sua família e à sua gente: "Tirai do meio de vós os deuses estrangeiros, purificai-vos e mudai vossos vestidos.
3 Vamos subir a Betel, onde levantarei um altar ao Deus que me ouviu no dia de minha aflição, e que esteve comigo durante minha viagem."
4 Entregaram a Jacó todos os deuses estrangeiros que tinham, assim como os brincos que traziam nas orelhas, e Jacó enterrou-os debaixo de um terebinto, perto de Siquém.
5 Partindo eles dali, Deus semeou o pânico nas cidades circunvizinhas, de sorte que não perseguiram os filhos de Jacó.
6 Chegou, portanto, Jacó com toda a sua gente à Luz, na terra de Canaã, hoje Betel.
7 Levantou aí um altar e deu a esse lugar o nome de El-Betel, porque foi aí que Deus lhe aparecera, quando fugia diante de seu irmão.
8 Foi então que morreu Débora, ama de Rebeca. E foi ali sepultada, ao pé de Betel, debaixo de um carvalho, ao qual se chamou carvalho dos Prantos.
9 Quando Jacó voltou de Padã-Arã, Deus apareceu-lhe novamente e o abençoou.
10 "Teu nome, disse-lhe ele, é Jacó. Tu não te chamarás mais assim, mas Israel." E chamou-o Israel.
11 Deus disse-lhe: "Eu sou o Deus todo-poderoso. Sê fecundo e multiplica-te. De ti nascerão um povo e uma assembléia de povos; e de teus rins sairão reis.
12 A terra que dei a Abraão e a Isaac, eu ta darei e à tua posteridade."
13 Depois, Deus retirou-se de junto dele.
14 No mesmo lugar onde Deus lhe falou, Jacó erigiu uma estela sobre a qual fez uma libação, e derramou óleo.
15 E deu o nome de Betel ao lugar onde Deus lhe tinha falado.
16 E partiram de Betel. Quando estavam a pouca distância de Efrata, Raquel deu à luz, e o seu parto foi penoso.
17 Durante as dores do parto, a parteira disse-lhe: "Não temas, porque ainda terás este filho."
18 E, estando prestes a render a alma - porque estava já agonizante - ela chamou o filho Benoni; o seu pai, porém, chamou-o Benjamim.
19 Raquel expirou e foi sepultada no caminho de Efrata, hoje Belém.
20 Jacó erigiu uma estela sobre seu túmulo; é a estela do túmulo de Raquel, que ainda hoje existe.
21 Israel partiu e plantou sua tenda além de Migdal-Eder.
22 Foi durante sua estada nessa região que Rubem foi dormir com Bala, concubina de seu pai, e Israel soube.
23 Os filhos de Jacó foram em número de doze. Filhos de Lia: Rubem, primogênito de Jacó, Simeão, Levi, Judá, Issacar e Zabulon.
24 Filhos de Raquel: José e Benjamim.
25 Filhos de Bala, escrava de Raquel: Dã e Neftali.
26 Filhos de Zelfa, escrava de Lia: Gad e Aser. Tais são os filhos nascidos a Jacó em Padã-Arã.
27 Jacó foi para junto de seu pai Isaac em Mambré, em Quiriat-Arbé, hoje Hebron, onde tinham habitado Abraão e Isaac.
28 E todos os dias da vida de Isaac foram cento e oitenta anos.
29 E morreu. A morte reuniu-o aos seus, velho e saciado de dias. Esaú e Jacó, seus filhos, sepultaram-no.