اَلتَّكْوِينُ 35

١ 1 ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱللهُ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «قُمِ ٱصْعَدْ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَأَقِمْ هُنَاكَ، وَٱصْنَعْ هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحًا لِلهِ ٱلَّذِي ظَهَرَ لَكَ حِينَ هَرَبْتَ مِنْ وَجْهِ عِيسُو أَخِيكَ».

Then God told Jacob, “Get ready to go to Bethel and live there. Build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau.”

٢ 2 فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِبَيْتِهِ وَلِكُلِّ مَنْ كَانَ مَعَهُ: «ٱعْزِلُوا ٱلْآلِهَةَ ٱلْغَرِيبَةَ ٱلَّتِي بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَطَهَّرُوا وَأَبْدِلُوا ثِيَابَكُمْ.

So Jacob told his family and everyone who was with him, “Get rid of the pagan idols you have with you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.

٣ 3 وَلْنَقُمْ وَنَصْعَدْ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ، فَأَصْنَعَ هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحًا لِلهِ ٱلَّذِي ٱسْتَجَابَ لِي فِي يَوْمِ ضِيقَتِي، وَكَانَ مَعِي فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلَّذِي ذَهَبْتُ فِيهِ».

We have to get ready and go to Bethel so I can build an altar to God who answered me in my time of trouble. He has been with me wherever I went.”

٤ 4 فَأَعْطَوْا يَعْقُوبَ كُلَّ ٱلْآلِهَةِ ٱلْغَرِيبَةِ ٱلَّتِي فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ وَٱلْأَقْرَاطِ ٱلَّتِي فِي آذَانِهِمْ، فَطَمَرَهَا يَعْقُوبُ تَحْتَ ٱلْبُطْمَةِ ٱلَّتِي عِنْدَ شَكِيمَ.

They handed over to Jacob all the pagan idols they had, as well as their earrings, and he buried them under the oak tree at Shechem.

٥ 5 ثُمَّ رَحَلُوا، وَكَانَ خَوْفُ ٱللهِ عَلَى ٱلْمُدُنِ ٱلَّتِي حَوْلَهُمْ، فَلَمْ يَسْعَوْا وَرَاءَ بَنِي يَعْقُوبَ.

As they left on their journey, the terror of God spread over all the surrounding towns, so nobody tried to retaliate against Jacob's sons.

٦ 6 فَأَتَى يَعْقُوبُ إِلَى لُوزَ ٱلَّتِي فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، وَهِيَ بَيْتُ إِيلَ. هُوَ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ.

Jacob and everyone with him arrived at Luz (also known as Bethel) in the country of Canaan.

٧ 7 وَبَنَى هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحًا، وَدَعَا ٱلْمَكَانَ «إِيلَ بَيْتِ إِيلَ» لِأَنَّهُ هُنَاكَ ظَهَرَ لَهُ ٱللهُ حِينَ هَرَبَ مِنْ وَجْهِ أَخِيهِ.

He built an altar there and called the place El-Bethel, because that was where God had appeared to him when he was running away from his brother Esau.

٨ 8 وَمَاتَتْ دَبُورَةُ مُرْضِعَةُ رِفْقَةَ وَدُفِنَتْ تَحْتَ بَيْتَ إِيلَ تَحْتَ ٱلْبَلُّوطَةِ، فَدَعَا ٱسْمَهَا «أَلُّونَ بَاكُوتَ».

Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak near Bethel. So it was named “the oak of weeping.”

٩ 9 وَظَهَرَ ٱللهُ لِيَعْقُوبَ أَيْضًا حِينَ جَاءَ مِنْ فَدَّانِ أَرَامَ وَبَارَكَهُ.

God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him after his return from Paddan-aram.

١٠ 10 وَقَالَ لَهُ ٱللهُ: «ٱسْمُكَ يَعْقُوبُ. لَا يُدْعَى ٱسْمُكَ فِيمَا بَعْدُ يَعْقُوبَ، بَلْ يَكُونُ ٱسْمُكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ». فَدَعَا ٱسْمَهُ «إِسْرَائِيلَ».

God told him, “Jacob will not be your name any longer. Instead of Jacob your name will be Israel.” So God called him Israel.

١١ 11 وَقَالَ لَهُ ٱللهُ: «أَنَا ٱللهُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ. أَثْمِرْ وَٱكْثُرْ. أُمَّةٌ وَجَمَاعَةُ أُمَمٍ تَكُونُ مِنْكَ، وَمُلُوكٌ سَيَخْرُجُونَ مِنْ صُلْبِكَ.

Then God said, “I am God Almighty! Reproduce, increase, and you will become a nation—in fact a group of nations—and kings will be among your descendants.

١٢ 12 وَٱلْأَرْضُ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَيْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ، لَكَ أُعْطِيهَا، وَلِنَسْلِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ أُعْطِي ٱلْأَرْضَ».

I will give to you and to your descendants the land I also gave to Abraham and Isaac.”

١٣ 13 ثُمَّ صَعِدَ ٱللهُ عَنْهُ فِي ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ تَكَلَّمَ مَعَهُ.

Then God left the place where he had been speaking to Jacob.

١٤ 14 فَنَصَبَ يَعْقُوبُ عَمُودًا فِي ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ تَكَلَّمَ مَعَهُ، عَمُودًا مِنْ حَجَرٍ، وَسَكَبَ عَلَيْهِ سَكِيبًا، وَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِ زَيْتًا.

Afterwards Jacob set up a stone pillar where God had spoken with him. He poured out a drink offering on it, and also olive oil.

١٥ 15 وَدَعَا يَعْقُوبُ ٱسْمَ ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ تَكَلَّمَ ٱللهُ مَعَهُ «بَيْتَ إِيلَ».

Jacob called the place Bethel, because he had spoken with God there.

١٦ 16 ثُمَّ رَحَلُوا مِنْ بَيْتِ إِيلَ. وَلَمَّا كَانَ مَسَافَةٌ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدُ حَتَّى يَأْتُوا إِلَى أَفْرَاتَةَ، وَلَدَتْ رَاحِيلُ وَتَعَسَّرَتْ وِلَادَتُهَا.

Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor and had great difficulty giving birth.

١٧ 17 وَحَدَثَ حِينَ تَعسَّرَتْ وِلَادَتُهِا أَنَّ ٱلْقَابِلَةَ قَالَتِ لَهَا: «لَا تَخَافِي، لِأَنَّ هَذَا أَيْضًا ٱبْنٌ لَكِ».

When she was in the worst birth-pains, the midwife told her, “Don't give up—you have another son!”

١٨ 18 وَكَانَ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِ نَفْسِهَا، لِأَنَّهَا مَاتَتْ، أَنَّهَا دَعَتِ ٱسْمَهُ «بَنْ أُونِي». وَأَمَّا أَبُوهُ فَدَعَاهُ «بَنْيَامِينَ».

But she was dying, and with her last breath she named him Benoni. But his father named him Benjamin.

١٩ 19 فَمَاتَتْ رَاحِيلُ وَدُفِنَتْ فِي طَرِيقِ أَفْرَاتَةَ، ٱلَّتِي هِيَ بَيْتُ لَحْمٍ.

Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also known as Bethlehem).

٢٠ 20 فَنَصَبَ يَعْقُوبُ عَمُودًا عَلَى قَبْرِهَا، وَهُوَ «عَمُودُ قَبْرِ رَاحِيلَ» إِلَى ٱلْيَوْمِ.

Jacob set up a stone memorial over Rachel's grave, and it's still there to this day.

٢١ 21 ثُمَّ رَحَلَ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَنَصَبَ خَيْمَتَهُ وَرَاءَ مَجْدَلَ عِدْرٍ.

Israel moved on and camped beyond the watch tower at Eder.

٢٢ 22 وَحَدَثَ إِذْ كَانَ إِسْرَائِيلُ سَاكِنًا فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، أَنَّ رَأُوبَيْنَ ذَهَبَ وَٱضْطَجَعَ مَعَ بِلْهَةَ سُرِّيَّةِ أَبِيهِ، وَسَمِعَ إِسْرَائِيلُ. وَكَانَ بَنُو يَعْقُوبَ ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ:

During the time he was living there, Reuben went and slept with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel found out about it. These were the twelve sons of Jacob:

٢٣ 23 بَنُو لَيْئَةَ: رَأُوبَيْنُ بِكْرُ يَعْقُوبَ، وَشِمْعُونُ وَلَاوِي وَيَهُوذَا وَيَسَّاكَرُ وَزَبُولُونُ.

The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

٢٤ 24 وَٱبْنَا رَاحِيلَ: يُوسُفُ وَبَنْيَامِينُ.

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

٢٥ 25 وَٱبْنَا بِلْهَةَ جَارِيَةِ رَاحِيلَ: دَانُ وَنَفْتَالِي.

The sons of Rachel's personal maid Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali.

٢٦ 26 وَٱبْنَا زِلْفَةَ جَارِيَةِ لَيْئَةَ: جَادُ وَأَشِيرُ. هَؤُلَاءِ بَنُو يَعْقُوبَ ٱلَّذِينَ وُلِدُوا لَهُ فِي فَدَّانِ أَرَامَ.

The sons of Leah's personal maid Zilpah: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him while in Paddan-aram.

٢٧ 27 وَجَاءَ يَعْقُوبُ إِلَى إِسْحَاقَ أَبِيهِ إِلَى مَمْرَا، قِرْيَةِ أَرْبَعَ، ٱلَّتِي هِيَ حَبْرُونُ، حَيْثُ تَغَرَّبَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَإِسْحَاقُ.

Jacob returned home to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (also known as Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived.

٢٨ 28 وَكَانَتْ أَيَّامُ إِسْحَاقَ مِئَةً وَثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً.

Isaac lived to be 180

٢٩ 29 فَأَسْلَمَ إِسْحَاقُ رُوحَهُ وَمَاتَ وَٱنْضَمَّ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ، شَيْخًا وَشَبْعَانَ أَيَّامًا. وَدَفَنَهُ عِيسُو وَيَعْقُوبُ ٱبْنَاهُ.

when he breathed his last and died at an old age. He had lived a full life, and now he joined his forefathers in death. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.