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.
Kalunga ta yambeke Jakob
1 Kalunga okwa lombwele Jakob a ti: “Inda kuBetel, u kale ko. Tungila ndje ko oshiyambelo, Kalunga ngoka nde ku ihololele, sho wa li to yi ontuku omumwanyoko Esau.”
2 Jakob okwa lombwele egumbo lye alihe naayehe mboka ya li puye ta ti: “Thigii po iikalunga ayihe iikwiilongo mbyoka mu na, iyapuleni ne mu zale oonguwo dha yela. 3 Otatu tembukeni po mpaka, tu ye kuBetel, nkoka tandi ka tungila Kalunga oshiyambelo, Kalunga ngoka a kwatha ndje methimbo lyuudhigu wandje naangoka a kala pungame shaa mpoka nda yile.” 4 Oyo noya gandja kuJakob iikalunga yawo ayihe mbyoka ya li ye yi na nosho wo uutenda womomakutsi mboka ya li ya zala. Oye nokwe u fumvike momwandi popepi naShekem.
5 Jakob noyana sho ya zi po, etilo enene olya kwata aantu yomiilando yopopepi, yo inaye ya landula. 6 Jakob okwe ya naantu ye ayehe puLus, ngashingeyi oBetel, mevi lyaKaanan. 7 Okwa tungu oshiyambelo e ta luku ehala Kalunga kaBetel, oshoka Kalunga okwe mu ihololele hoka, sho a li ta yi mumwayina ondapo. 8 Omuyamuthi gwaRebekka, Debora okwa si nokwa fumvikwa momwandi kuumbugantu waBetel. Onkee gwi ithanwa “Omwandi gwokulila oosa.”
9 Jakob sho a galuka kuMesopotamia, Kalunga okwe mu ihololele ishewe e te mu yambeke. 10 Kalunga okwa ti kuye: “Edhina lyoye oJakob, ihe okuza konena otali ningi Israel.” Osho ngaaka Kalunga e mu luku Israel. 11 Kalunga okwa ti kuye: “Ongame Kalunga Omunankondoawike. Kala u na oluvalo olwindji. Iigwana nayi ze moluvalo lwoye, oto ka ninga hekulu yaakwaniilwa. 12 Otandi ku pe evi ndyoka nda pele Abraham naIsak, notandi li pe oluvalo lwoye talu ku landula.” 13 Nena Kalunga okwe mu thigi po a yi. 14 Peha mpoka Kalunga e mu popitha, Jakob okwa dhike po endhindhilikomanya e te li yapula noku li tila omaviinu nomagadhi gooholivi. 15 Ehala okwe li luku Betel.
Eso lyaRakel
16 Jakob naantu ye oya tembuka po puBetel, nomanga ya li natango oshinano shimwe okuza kuEfrata, ethimbo olya thikana, Rakel a vale okanona; okwa li e na oshitheta oshilulu. 17 Oshitheta sho sha li tashi lundalala mokuvala, omuvalithi okwa ti kuye: “Rakel, ino tila, owa eta ko omumati ishewe.” 18 Ihe okwa li nokuli pokusa, nopethimbo ta fudha mo omufudho gwe gwahugunina, okwa luku omwana Benoni, ihe he okwe mu luku Benjamin.
19 Rakel sho a si, okwa fumvikwa pondjila yu uka kuEfrata, ngashingeyi oBetlehem. 20 Jakob okwa dhike po endhindhilikomanya pombila ye; olyo endhindhiliko lyombila yaRakel sigo onena. 21 Jakob okwa humu ko e ta ka yunga ontanda peha lilwe handiyaka yaEder.
Aana yaJakob
(1 Ondjal. 2:1-2)22 Jakob manga a li moshilongo shika, Reuben okwa lala naBilha, omudhike gwahe. Jakob okwe shi uvu nokwa li a thita po kondjahi.
Jakob okwa li e na oyana aamati omulongo nayaali. 23 Aana yaLea oyo Reuben (osheeli shaJakob), Simeon, Levi, Juda, Issaskar naSebulon. 24 Aana yaRakel oyo Josef naBenjamin. 25 Aana yaBilha, omupika gwaRakel, oyo Dan naNaftali. 26 Aana yaSilpa, omupika gwaLea, oyo Gad naAser. Aanona mbaka oya valelwa muMesopotamia.
Eso lyaIsak
27 Jakob okwa yi kuhe Isak kuMamre, popepi naHebron, nkoka Abraham naIsak ya li ya kala. 28 Isak okwa li e na omwenyo omimvo ethele nomilongo hetatu. 29 Oye okwa si muukulupe uunene nokwa li a kuta omwenyo, sho a gongelwa poohekulu. Oyana Esau naJakob oye mu fumvike.
