Genesis 35

1 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.”

١ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللهُ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «اصْعَدْ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَاسْكُنْ هُنَاكَ، وَشَيِّدْ مَذْبَحاً لِلهِ الَّذِي ظَهَرَ لَكَ عِنْدَمَا كُنْتَ هَارِباً مِنْ أَمَامِ أَخِيكَ عِيسُو».

2 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.

٢ فَأَمَرَ يَعْقُوبُ أَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ، وَكُلَّ مَنْ كَانَ مَعَهُ: «تَخَلَّصُوا مِنَ الآلِهَةِ الْغَرِيبَةِ الَّتِي بَيْنَكُمْ، وَتَطَهَّرُوا وَأَبْدِلُوا ثِيَابَكُمْ،

3 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.”

٣ ثُمَّ تَعَالَوْا لِنَذْهَبَ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ لأُشَيِّدَ هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحاً لِلهِ الَّذِي اسْتَجَابَ لِي فِي يَوْمِ ضِيقَتِي، وَرَافَقَنِي فِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي سَلَكْتُهَا».

4 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.

٤ فَسَلَّمُوا يَعْقُوبَ كُلَّ الآلِهَةِ الْغَرِيبَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ لَدَيْهِمْ وَالأَقْرَاطَ الَّتِي فِي آذَانِهِمْ، فَطَمَرَ هَا يَعْقُوبُ تَحْتَ الْبُطْمَةِ الَّتِي فِي شَكِيمَ.

5 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.

٥ ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلُوا، فَهَيْمَنَ رُعْبُ اللهِ عَلَى الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي حَوْلَهُمْ، فَلَمْ يَسْعَوْا وَرَاءَهُمْ

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

٦ فَوَصَلَ يَعْقُوبُ وَجَمِيعُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ إِلَى لُوزَ فِي أَرْضِ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ، وَهِيَ نَفْسُهَا بَيْتُ إِيلَ.

7 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.

٧ وَشَيَّدَ مَذْبَحاً هُنَاكَ، وَدَعَا الْمَكَانَ «بَيْتَ إِيلَ» لأَنَّ اللهَ تَجَلَّى لَهُ هُنَاكَ عِنْدَمَا كَانَ هَارِباً مِنْ أَمَامِ أَخِيهِ.

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

٨ وَمَاتَتْ هُنَاكَ دَبُورَةُ مُرْضِعَةُ رِفْقَةَ، فَدُفِنَتْ فِي مُنْخَفَضِ بَيْتِ إِيلَ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةِ الْبَلُّوطِ، وَسَمُّوهَا «أَلُّونَ بَاكُوتَ» (وَمَعْنَاهَا: بَلُّوطَةُ الْبُكَاءِ).

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

٩ وَظَهَرَ اللهُ لِيَعْقُوبَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى بَعْدَ رُجُوعِهِ مِنْ سَهْلِ أَرَامَ وَبَارَكَهُ،

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

١٠ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «لَنْ يُدْعَى اسْمُكَ يَعْقُوبَ فِي مَا بَعْدُ، بَلْ إِسْرَائِيلَ» (وَمَعْنَاهُ: يُجَاهِدُ مَعَ اللهِ). وَهَكَذَا سَمَّاهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

11 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.

١١ وَقَالَ اللهُ لَهُ: «أَنَا هُوَ اللهُ الْقَدِيرُ. أَثْمِرْ وَاكْثُرْ، فَيَكُونَ مِنْكَ أُمَّةٌ وَطَوَائِفُ أُمَمٍ، وَمِنْ صُلْبِكَ يَخْرُجُ مُلُوكٌ.

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

١٢ وَالأَرْضُ الَّتِي وَهَبْتُهَا لإِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحاقَ أُعْطِيهَا لَكَ وَلِذُرِّيَّتِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ أَيْضاً».

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

١٣ ثُمَّ فَارَقَهُ اللهُ فِي الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي خَاطَبَهُ فِيهِ.

14 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.

١٤ وَأَقَامَ يَعْقُوبُ عَمُوداً مِنْ حَجَرٍ فِي الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ فِيهِ مَعَهُ، وَسَكَبَ عَلَيْهِ سَكِيبَ قُرْبَانٍ وَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِ زَيْتاً أَيْضاً.

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

١٥ وَدَعَا اسْمَ الْمَكَانِ «بَيْتَ إِيلَ» (وَمَعْنَاهُ: بَيْتُ اللهِ) لأَنَّ اللهَ خَاطَبَهُ هُنَاكَ.

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

١٦ ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلُوا مِنْ بَيْتِ إِيلَ. وَإِذْ كَانُوا بَعْدُ عَلَى مَسَافَةٍ مِنْ أَفْرَاتَةَ شَعَرَتْ رَاحِيلُ بِالْمَخَاضِ وَتَعَسَّرَتْ وِلادَتُهَا.

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

١٧ وَإِذْ كَانَتْ تُقَاسِي فِي وِلادَتِهَا قَالَتْ لَهَا الْقَابِلَةُ: «لا تَخَافِي، فَإِنَّ هَذَا أَيْضاً ابْنٌ آخَرُ لَكِ».

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

١٨ وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَتْ تَلْفِظُ أَنْفَاسَهَا عِنْدَ مَوْتِهَا دَعَتْهُ «بِنْ أُوْنِي» (وَمَعْنَاهُ: ابْنُ حُزْنِي) غَيْرَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ دَعَاهُ «بِنْيَامِينَ» (وَمَعْنَاهُ: ابْنُ يَمِينِي).

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

١٩ ثُمَّ مَاتَتْ رَاحِيلُ وَدُفِنَتْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الْمُؤَدِّيَةِ إِلَى أَفْرَاتَةَ، أَيْ بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ.

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

٢٠ وَأَقَامَ يَعْقُوبُ عَمُوداً عَلَى قَبْرِهَا، وَهُوَ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِعَمُودِ قَبْرِ رَاحِيلَ إِلَى الْيَوْمِ.

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

٢١ وَتَابَعَ إِسْرَائِيلُ رَحِيلَهُ وَنَصَبَ خِيَامَهُ وَرَاءَ «بُرْجِ عِدْرٍ»

22 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:

٢٢ وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ إِسْرَائِيلُ يُقِيمُ فِي تِلْكَ الأَرْضِ مَضَى رَأُوبَيْنُ وَضَاجَعَ بِلْهَةَ سُرِّيَّةَ أَبِيهِ. وَعَرَفَ إِسْرَائِيلُ بِالأَمْرِ. وَهَؤُلاءِ هُمْ أَبْنَاءُ يَعْقُوبَ الاثْنَا عَشَرَ:

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

٢٣ أَبْنَاءُ لَيْئَةَ: رَأُوبَيْنُ بِكْرُ يَعْقُوبَ، وَشِمْعُونُ وَلاوِي وَيَهُوذَا وَيَسَّاكَرُ وَزَبُولُونُ.

24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

٢٤ وَابْنَا رَاحِيلَ: يُوسُفُ وَبَنْيَامِينُ.

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

٢٥ وَابْنَا بِلْهَةَ جَارِيَةِ رَاحِيلَ: دَانٌ وَنَفْتَالِي.

26 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.

٢٦ وَابْنَا زِلْفَةَ جَارِيَةِ لَيْئَةَ: جَادٌ وَأَشِيرُ. وَهَؤُلاءِ هُمْ أَوْلادُ يَعْقُوبَ الَّذِينَ وُلِدُوا لَهُ فِي سَهْلِ أَرَامَ.

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

٢٧ وَقَدِمَ يَعْقُوبُ عَلَى إِسْحاقَ أَبِيهِ إِلَى مَمْرَا فِي قَرْيَةِ أَرْبَعَ الْمَعْرُوفَةِ بِحَبْرُونَ حَيْثُ تَغَرَّبَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَإِسْحاقُ.

28 Isaac lived to be 180

٢٨ وَعَاشَ إِسْحاقُ مِئَةً وَثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً،

29 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.

٢٩ ثُمَّ أَسْلَمَ رُوحَهُ وَلَحِقَ بِقَوْمِهِ شَيْخاً طَاعِناً فِي السِّنِّ وَدَفَنَهُ ابْنَاهُ عِيسُو وَيَعْقُوبُ.