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 unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was 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 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, 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 appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.

9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. 11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: 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 which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will 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 talked with him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.

16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. 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 it. Now 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 handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. 28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.