創世記 35
1 上帝對雅各說：「起來！上伯特利去，住在那裏；要在那裏築一座壇給上帝，就是你逃避你哥哥以掃的時候向你顯現的那位。」
About this time, God said to Jacob, “Arise and go up to Bethel, and live there, and make an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
2 雅各就對他家中的人並一切與他同在的人說：「你們要除掉你們中間的外邦神，也要自潔，更換衣裳。
In truth, Jacob, having called together all his house, said: “Cast away the foreign gods that are in your midst and be cleansed, and also change your garments.
3 我們要起來，上伯特利去，在那裏我要築一座壇給上帝，就是在我遭難的日子應允我的禱告、在我行的路上保佑我的那位。」
Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, so that we may make an altar there to God, who heeded me in the day of my tribulation, and who accompanied me on my journey.”
4 他們就把外邦人的神像和他們耳朵上的環子交給雅各；雅各都藏在示劍那裏的橡樹底下。
Therefore, they gave him all the foreign gods which they had, and the earrings which were in their ears. And then he buried them under the terebinth tree, which is beyond the city of Shechem.
5 他們便起行前往。上帝使那周圍城邑的人都甚驚懼，就不追趕雅各的眾子了。
And when they had set out, the terror of God invaded all the surrounding cities, and they dared not pursue them as they withdrew.
6 於是雅各和一切與他同在的人到了迦南地的路斯，就是伯特利。
And so, Jacob arrived at Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, also named Bethel: he and all the people with him.
7 他在那裏築了一座壇，就給那地方起名叫伊勒‧伯特利；因為他逃避他哥哥的時候，上帝在那裏向他顯現。
And he built an altar there, and he called the name of that place, ‘House of God.’ For there, God appeared to him when he fled from his brother.
8 利百加的奶母底波拉死了，就葬在伯特利下邊橡樹底下；那棵樹名叫亞倫‧巴古。
About the same time, Deborah, the nurse of Rebekah, died, and she was buried at the base of Bethel, under an oak tree. And the name of that place was called, ‘Oak of Weeping.’
9 雅各從巴旦‧亞蘭回來，上帝又向他顯現，賜福與他，
Then God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him,
10 且對他說：「你的名原是雅各，從今以後不要再叫雅各，要叫以色列。」這樣，他就改名叫以色列。
saying: “You will no longer be called Jacob, for your name shall be Israel.” And he called him Israel,
11 上帝又對他說：「我是全能的上帝；你要生養眾多，將來有一族和多國的民從你而生，又有君王從你而出。
and he said to him: “I am Almighty God: increase and multiply. Tribes and peoples of nations will be from you, and kings will go forth from your loins.
12 我所賜給亞伯拉罕和以撒的地，我要賜給你與你的後裔。」
And the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you, and to your offspring after you.”
13 上帝就從那與雅各說話的地方升上去了。
And he withdrew from him.
14 雅各便在那裏立了一根石柱，在柱子上奠酒，澆油。
In truth, he set up a monument of stone, in the place where God had spoken to him, pouring out libations over it, and pouring oil,
15 雅各就給那地方起名叫伯特利。
and he called the name of that place, ‘Bethel.’
16 他們從伯特利起行，離以法他還有一段路程，拉結臨產甚是艱難。
Then, departing from there, he arrived in springtime at the land that leads to Ephrath. And there, when Rachel was giving birth,
17 正在艱難的時候，收生婆對她說：「不要怕，你又要得一個兒子了。」
because it was a difficult birth, she began to be in danger. And the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you will have this son also.”
18 她將近於死，靈魂要走的時候，就給她兒子起名叫便‧俄尼；他父親卻給他起名叫便雅憫。
Then, when her life was departing because of the pain, and death was now imminent, she called the name of her son Benoni, that is, the son of my pain. Yet truly, his father called him Benjamin, that is, the son of the right hand.
19 拉結死了，葬在以法他的路旁；以法他就是伯利恆。
And so Rachel died, and she was buried in the way that leads to Ephrath: this place is Bethlehem.
20 雅各在她的墳上立了一統碑，就是拉結的墓碑，到今日還在。
And Jacob erected a monument over her sepulcher. This is the monument to Rachel’s tomb, even to the present day.
21 以色列起行前往，在以得臺那邊支搭帳棚。
Departing from there, he pitched his tent beyond the Tower of the Flock.
22 以色列住在那地的時候，呂便去與他父親的妾辟拉同寢，以色列也聽見了。 雅各共有十二個兒子。
And when he was living in that region, Reuben went out, and he slept with Bilhah the concubine of his father, which was not such a small matter as to be hidden from him. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
23 利亞所生的是雅各的長子呂便，還有西緬、利未、猶大、以薩迦、西布倫。
The sons of Leah: Reuben the first born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
24 拉結所生的是約瑟、便雅憫。
The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
25 拉結的使女辟拉所生的是但、拿弗他利。
The sons of Bilhah, handmaid of Rachel: Dan and Naphtali.
26 利亞的使女悉帕所生的是迦得、亞設。這是雅各在巴旦‧亞蘭所生的兒子。
The sons of Zilpah, handmaid of Leah: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.
27 雅各來到他父親以撒那裏，到了基列‧亞巴的幔利，乃是亞伯拉罕和以撒寄居的地方；基列‧亞巴就是希伯崙。
And then he went to his father Isaac in Mamre, the city of Arba: this place is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
28 以撒共活了一百八十歲。
And the days of Isaac were completed: one hundred and eighty years.
29 以撒年紀老邁，日子滿足，氣絕而死，歸到他列祖那裏。他兩個兒子以掃、雅各把他埋葬了。
And being consumed by old age, he died. And he was placed with his people, being old and full of days. And his sons, Esau and Jacob, buried him.
