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.
Jakob ta i kuBetel
1 Opo nee Kalunga okwa lombwela Jakob ta ti: “Lilongekida, inda kuBetel u kale oko. Dikila ko Kalunga oaltari, Kalunga ou e liholola kwoove eshi wa ya onhapo mumwanyoko Esau.” 2 Jakob okwa lombwela eumbo laye naaveshe ava va li pamwe naye ndele ta ti: “Ekeleishi oihongwakalunga yokoilongo, ei mu kwete mokati keni, lifeteni nye mu djale oikutu imwe. 3 Tu lilongekideni okuya kuBetel. Ame ohandi ka tungila ko Kalunga oaltari, Kalunga ou a nyamukula nge mefiku loudjuu wange nokwa kala pwaame mondjila ei nda enda.” 4 Opo nee va yandja kuJakob oikalunga yavo yokoilongo ve i kwete, neelinga domomatwi avo, ndele Jakob e i paka medu momwandi u li muSekem. 5 Ndele vo eshi va fikama, Kalunga okwa tumina oilando ye va dingilila ehaluko, opo venya vaha shikule ovana vaJakob. 6 Osho ngaha Jakob a fika kuLus shomuKaanan nokutya, Betel, ye mwene novanhu aveshe ava va li puye. 7 Ndele oko a tunga oaltari nokwa ifana onhele oyo El Betel, osheshi oko Kalunga e mu lihololelele eshi ye a ile onhapo yamumwaina Esau. 8 Ndele Debora, omuyakuli waRebeka, okwa fya, ndele ye okwa pakwa momwandi popepi naBetel. Ndele omuti ou ve u luka: “Omwandi wokulilila eefya.”
Kalunga te lihololele Jakob e mu nangeke noupuna
9 Opo nee Kalunga okwe lihololela vali Jakob, ye eshi a alukila kuPaddan-Aram, ndele okwe mu nangeka noupuna. 10 Ndele Kalunga okwe mu lombwela ta ti: “Edina loye oJakob, ndele ito ifanwa vali Jakob, ndelenee Israel.” Ndele ye okwe mu luka Israel. 11 Kalunga okwe mu lombwela vali ta ti: “Aame Kalunga Omunaenghono adishe. Kala u na oludalo u hapupale. Oshiwana, heeno, oiwana tai ka dja mwoove neehamba tadi ka dja momatundji oye. 12 Nedu olo nde li pele Abraham naIsak, ohandi ke li ku pa, noludalo loye tali ku shikula Ame ohandi ke li li pa.” 13 Opo nee Kalunga okwa ya pombada nokwe mu fiya po monhele tuu ei Ye a popya naye. 14 Ndele Jakob okwa dikila monhele oyo Ye a popya naye edimbulukifomanya, nokombada yalo okwa tila ko oikunwayambo nokwa tila ko omaadi. 15 Ndele Jakob okwa luka onhele oyo apa Kalunga a popya naye Betel.
Efyo laRakel
16 Opo nee va tembuka muBetel, ndele eshi va li kokule kanini kuEfrat, Rakel okwa hangika kefeto ledimo. Nefeto laye ola li lidjuu unene. 17 Ndele fimbo oudjuu wefeto wa li unene, omudalifi okwe mu lombwela ta ti: “Ino tila, paife ou na vali okaana okamati.” 18 Ndelenee omwenyo waye eshi tau mu fiye po, osheshi ye okwa li e na okufya, ye okwe ka luka Ben-oni. Ndelenee xe okwe ka luka Benjamin. 19 Osho hano Rakel okwa fya. Ndele ye okwa pakwa pondjila yokuya kuEfrat, nokutya Betlehem. 20 Ndele Jakob okwa dikila ko edimbulukifomanya kombila yaye. Fiyo onena eli edimbulukifomanya lokombila yaRakel opo li li. 21 Ndele Israel okwa fikama a ehene komesho nokwa onga onhanda yaye langhele kwinya kombada yaMigdal-Eder.
Ovana vaJakob
22 Hano Israel fimbo a kala opo, Ruben okwa ya ko a ka nangale naBilha, omwalikadi waxe wopomunghulo, naIsrael okwe shi uda. Ovana ovamati vaJakob ova li omulongo navavali.
23 Ovana vaLea ovava: Ruben (oshiveli shaJakob), Simeon, Levi, Juda, Isaskar naSebulon. 24 Ovana vaRakel: Josef naBenjamin. 25 VaBilha, omupika waRakel, ovava: Dan naNaftali. 26 VaSilpa, omupika waLea, ovava: Gad naAsser. Ava hano ovo ovana vaJakob, va dalelwa muPaddan-Aram.
Efyo laIsak
27 Ndele Jakob okwa fika kuxe Isak muMamre puKiriat-Arba, nokutya Hebron, oko Abraham a kala omunailongo nosho yo Isak. 28 Nomafiku aIsak a li e fike pomido efele nomilongo hetatu. 29 Ndele Isak okwa fuda mo omhepo yaye nokwa fya, ndele okwa ongelwa kovanepata vaye, a kulupa nokwa kuta omwenyo. Novana vaye ovamati, Esau naJakob ove mu paka.
