Jacob Returns to Bethel 1 DRA In the meantime God said to Jacob: Arise, and go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee when thou didst flee from Esau thy brother. BSB BSB: Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
2 DRA And Jacob having called together all his household, said: Cast away the strange gods that are among you, and be cleansed and change your garments. BSB BSB: So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.
3 DRA Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, that we may make there an altar to God: who heard me in the day of my affliction, and accompanied me in my journey. BSB BSB: Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
4 DRA So they gave him all the strange gods they had, and the earrings which were in their ears: and he buried them under the turpentine tree, that is behind the city of Sichem. BSB BSB: So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
5 DRA And when they were departed, the terror of God fell upon all the cities round about, and they durst not pursue after them as they went away. BSB BSB: As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
6 DRA And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, surnamed Bethel: he and all the people that were with him. BSB BSB: So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
7 DRA And he built there an altar, and called the name of that place, The house of God: for there God appeared to him when he fled from his brother. BSB BSB: There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
8 DRA At the same time Debora the nurse of Rebecca died, and was buried at the foot of Bethel under an oak: and the name of that place was called, The oak of weeping. BSB BSB: Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.
9 DRA And God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him, BSB BSB: After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
10 DRA Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel. BSB BSB: And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
11 DRA And said to him: I am God Almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins. BSB BSB: And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
12 DRA And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee. BSB BSB: The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”
13 DRA And he departed from him. BSB BSB: Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.
14 DRA But he set up a monument of stone, in the place where God had spoken to him: pouring drink offerings upon it, and pouring oil thereon: BSB BSB: So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.
15 DRA And calling the name of that place Bethel. BSB BSB: Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
Benjamin Born, Rachel Dies 16 DRA And going forth from thence, he came in the springtime to the land which leadeth to Ephrata: wherein when Rachel was in travail, BSB BSB: Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
17 DRA By reason of her hard labour she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also. BSB BSB: During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
18 DRA And when her soul was departing for pain, and death was now at hand, she called the name of her son Benoni, that is, The son of my pain: but his father called him Benjamin, that is, The son of the right hand. BSB BSB: And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
19 DRA So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, this is Bethlehem. BSB BSB: So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
20 DRA And Jacob erected a pillar over her sepulchre: this is the pillar of Rachel’s monument, to this day. BSB BSB: Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.
The Sons of Jacob (1 Chronicles 2:1–2)
21 DRA Departing thence, he pitched his tent beyond the Flock tower. BSB BSB: Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.
22 DRA And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala, the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. BSB BSB: While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
23 DRA The sons of Lia: Ruben the first born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Juda, and Issachar, and Zabulon. BSB BSB: The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
24 DRA The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. BSB BSB: The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25 DRA The sons of Bala, Rachel’s handmaid: Dan and Nephtali. BSB BSB: The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
26 DRA The sons of Zelpha, Lia’s handmaid: Gad and Aser: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria. BSB BSB: And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
The Death of Isaac 27 DRA And he came to Isaac his father in Mambre, the city of Arbee, this is Hebron: wherein Abraham and Isaac sojourned. BSB BSB: Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
28 DRA And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years. BSB BSB: And Isaac lived 180 years.
29 DRA And being spent with age he died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. BSB BSB: Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.