1 ¶ And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou didst flee from the face of Esau, thy brother.

ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِيَعقُوبَ: «قُمْ وَاذْهَبْ إلَى بَيتِ إيلَ وَاسْكُنْ هُناكَ. وَابْنِ مَذْبَحاً هُناكَ للهِ الَّذِي ظَهَرَ لَكَ وَأنتَ هارِبٌ مِنْ وَجهِ أخِيكَ عِيسُو.»

2 T hen 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:

فَقالَ يَعقُوبُ لِأهلِ بَيتِهِ وَلِكُلِّ الَّذِينَ كانُوا مَعْهُ: «تَخَلَّصُوا مِنَ الآلِهَةِ الغَرِيبَةِ الَّتِي لَدَيكُمْ. وَطَهِّرُوا أنفُسَكُمْ، وَغَيِّرُوا ثِيابَكُمْ.

3 A nd let us arise and go up to Bethel and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and has been with me in the way which I have gone.

فَلْنُغادِرْ هَذا المَكانَ وَنَذْهَبْ إلَى بَيتِ إيلَ، فَأبنِيَ هُناكَ مَذبَحاً للهِ الَّذِي استَجابَ لِي فِي وَقتِ ضِيقِي، وَرافَقَنِي فِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي مَضَيتُ فِيهِ.»

4 S o they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their power and all their earrings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

فَأعطُوا لِيَعقُوبَ كُلَّ الأوثانِ الغَريبَةِ الَّتِي كانَتْ لَدَيهِمْ، وَالأقْراطِ الَّتِي كانَتْ فِي آذانِهِمْ. فَدَفَنَها يَعقُوبُ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةِ البُطْمِ قُرْبَ شَكِيمَ.

5 A nd 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.

ثُمَّ انطَلَقُوا. وَجَعَلَ اللهُ أهلَ المُدُنِ حَولَهُمْ يَهابُونَ عائِلَةَ يَعقُوبَ. فَلَمْ يُلاحِقُوا أبْناءَ يَعقُوبَ.

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.

فَجاءَ يَعقُوبُ وَكُلُّ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ إلَى لُوزَ، أي بَيتِ إيلَ فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ.

7 A nd there he built an altar and called the place Elbethel because there God had appeared unto him when he fled from the face of his brother.

وَبَنَى مَذبَحاً هُناكَ. وَدَعا المَكانَ «إلَهَ بَيتَ إيلَ.» لِأنَّ اللهَ أعلَنَ لَهُ نَفْسَهُ وَهُوَ هارِبٌ مِنْ أخِيهِ.

8 T hen Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak, and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

وَماتَتْ دَبُّورَةُ، مُرضِعَةُ رِفْقَةَ هُناكَ. وَدُفِنَتْ تَحتَ البَلُّوطَةِ قُرْبَ بَيتِ إيلَ. وَسَمَّى يَعقُوبُ ذَلِكَ المَكانَ «بَلُّوطَةَ الحُزنِ.» اسْمُ يَعْقُوبَ الجديد

9 A nd God appeared unto Jacob again when he came out of Padanaram and blessed him.

وَفِي طَرِيقِ عَوْدَتِهِ مِنْ فَدَّانَ أرامَ، ظَهَرَ اللهُ لِيَعقُوبَ وَبارَكَهُ

10 A nd 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.

وَقالَ لَهُ: «اسْمُكَ يَعقُوبُ. لَكِنَّكَ لَنْ تُدعَى يَعقُوبَ فِيما بَعْدُ، بَلْ إسْرائِيلَ.» فَسَمّاهُ اللهُ «إسْرائِيلَ.»

11 A nd God said unto him, I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and a company of nations (Gentiles) shall come out of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

وَقالَ لَهُ: «أنا اللهُ الجَبّارُ. لِيَكُنْ لَكَ أبناءٌ كَثِيرُونَ، وَلْتَزْدَدْ عَدَداً. سَتَخرُجُ مِنْكَ أُمَّةٌ، بَلْ جَماعَةٌ مِنَ الأُمَمِ. وَسَيَنحَدِرُ مُلُوكٌ مِنْكَ.

12 a nd the land which I have given to Abraham and to Isaac, to thee will I give it and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

وَسَأُعطِيكَ الأرْضَ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لإبْراهِيمَ وَإسْحاقَ. وَسَأُعطِيها لِنَسلِكَ مِنْ بَعدِكَ أيضاً.»

13 A nd God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

ثُمَّ مَضَى عَنْهُ اللهُ فِي المَكانِ الَّذِي كَلَّمَهُ فِيهِ.

14 A nd Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering upon it, and he poured oil upon it.

فَأقامَ يَعقُوبُ نَصَباً تَذْكاريّاً حَجَرِيّاً فِي المَكانِ الَّذِي كَلَّمَهُ اللهُ فِيهِ، وَكَرَّسَهُ للهِ بِسَكِيبٍ مِنَ النَّبِيذِ وَزَيتِ الزَّيتُونِ.

15 A nd Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.

وَسَمَّى يَعقُوبُ المَكانَ الَّذِي كَلَّمَهُ اللهُ فِيهِ بَيتَ إيلَ. مَوتُ راحِيلَ أثْناءَ الوِلادَة

16 ¶ And they journeyed from Bethel, and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath when Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

ثُمَّ انطَلَقُوا مِنْ بَيتِ إيلَ. وَقَبلَ أنْ يَصِلُوا إلَى أفْراتَةَ بَدَأتْ راحِيلُ تَلِدُ. وَكانَتْ أوجاعُ الوِلادَةِ شَدِيدَةً.

17 A nd it came to pass when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

فَقالَتْ لَها القابِلَةُ أثْناءَ وِلادَتِها العَسِرَةِ: «لا تَخافِي، فَهَذا ابْنٌ آخَرُ لَكِ.»

18 A nd it came to pass as her soul was departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni, but his father called him Benjamin.

وَأثناءَ نِزاعِها، وَقُبَيلَ مَوْتِها، سَمَّتِ ابْنَها «بَنْ أُونِي،» لَكِنَّ أباهُ سَمّاهُ «بَنْيامِيْنَ.»

19 T hus Rachel died and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

وَماتَتْ راحِيلُ وَدُفِنَتْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ إلَى أفراتَةَ، أي بَيتَ لَحْمَ.

20 A nd Jacob set a pillar upon her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

فَأقامَ يَعقُوبُ عَمُوداً فَوقَ قَبْرِها وَهُوَ مَعرُوفٌ حَتَّى هَذا اليَوْمِ بِاسْمِ عَمُودِ قَبْرِ راحِيلَ.

21 ¶ And Israel journeyed and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

ثُمَّ تابَعَ إسْرائِيلُ ارتِحالَهُ. وَخَيَّمَ جَنُوبَ بُرجِ عِدْرٍ.

22 A nd 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. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

وَبَينَما كانَ إسْرائِيلُ ساكِناً فِي تِلكَ المَنْطِقَةِ، ذَهَبَ رَأُوبَيْنُ وَنامَ مَعَ بِلْهَةَ، خادِمَةِ أبِيهِ. فَعَلِمَ إسْرائِيلُ بِالأمْرِ. عائلةُ إسْرائِيل وَكانَ لِيَعقُوبَ اثْنا عَشَرَ ابْناً.

23 T he sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

أبْناؤُهُ مِنْ لَيئَةَ هُمْ رَأُوبَيْنُ بِكْرُ يَعقُوبَ، وَشِمْعُونُ وَلاوِي وَيَهُوذا وَيَسّاكَرُ وَزَبُولُونُ.

24 T he sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

وَابْناهُ مِنْ راحِيلَ هُما يُوسُفُ وَبَنْيامِيْنُ.

25 A nd the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid: Dan and Naphtali.

وَابْناهُ مِنْ بِلْهَةَ، خادِمَةِ راحِيلَ، هُما دانُ وَنَفْتالِي.

26 A nd the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Padanaram.

وَابْناهُ مِنْ زِلْفَةَ، خادِمَةِ لَيئَةَ، هُما جادُ وَأشِيرُ. هَؤُلاءِ هُمْ أولادُ يَعقُوبَ الَّذِينَ أنجَبَهُمْ فِي فَدَّانَ أرامَ.

27 A nd Jacob came unto Isaac, his father, unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

وَجاءَ يَعقُوبُ إلَى أبِيهِ إسْحاقَ فِي مَمْرا، قَرْيَةِ أرْبَعَ، أي حَبْرُونَ، حَيثُ كانَ إبْراهِيمُ وَإسْحاقُ قَدْ عاشا هُناكَ.

28 A nd the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years.

وَعاشَ إسْحاقُ مِئَةً وَثَمانِينَ عاماً.

29 A nd Isaac expired and died and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days, and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

ثُمَّ لَفَظَ أنفاسَهُ الأخِيرَةَ وَماتَ. وَانْضَمَّ إلَى جَماعَتِهِ عَجُوزاً شَبِعَ مِنَ الحَياةِ. وَدَفَنَهُ ابْناهُ عِيسُو وَيَعْقُوبُ.