Genesis 35
1 [Some time later] God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel, and live there. Build an altar to worship me, God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your older brother Esau.”
Entonces Dios le dijo a Jacob: “Prepárate para ir a Betel y vivir allí. Construye allí un altar a Dios, que se te apareció cuando estabas huyendo de tu hermano Esaú”.
2 So Jacob said to his household and to all the others who were with him, “Get rid of the idols you brought from Mesopotamia. Also, bathe yourselves and put on clean clothes.
Entonces Jacob le dijo a su familia y a todos los que estaban con él: “Deshazte de los ídolos paganos que tienes contigo. Purifíquense y cambien su ropa.
3 Then we will get ready and go up to Bethel. There I will make an altar to worship God. He is the one who helped me at the time when I was greatly distressed and afraid, and he has been with me wherever I have gone.”
Debemos prepararnos e ir a Betel para construir un altar a Dios que me respondió en mi tiempo de angustia. Él ha estado conmigo donde quiera que haya ido”.
4 So they gave to Jacob all the idols that they had brought, and all their earrings. Jacob buried them in the ground under the big oak tree that was near Shechem [town].
Entregaron a Jacob todos los ídolos paganos que tenían, así como sus pendientes, y los enterró bajo el roble de Siquem.
5 As they prepared to leave there, God caused the people who lived in the cities around them to be extremely afraid of Jacob’s family [PRS], so that they did not pursue and attack them.
Al partir en su viaje, el terror de Dios se extendió por todos los pueblos de alrededor, así que nadie intentó tomar represalias contra los hijos de Jacob.
6 Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.
Jacob y todos los que lo acompañaban llegaron a Luz (también conocida como Bethel) en el país de Canaán.
7 There he built an altar. He named the place El-Bethel, [which means ‘God of Bethel]’, because it was there that God revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his older brother Esau.
Construyó un altar allí y llamó al lugar El-Bethel, porque allí se le había aparecido Dios cuando huía de su hermano Esaú.
8 Deborah, who had taken care of Isaac’s wife Rebekah when Rebekah was a small girl, was now very old. She died and was buried under an oak tree south of Bethel. So they named that place Allon-Bacuth, [which means ‘oak of weeping’].
Deborah, la enfermera de Rebeca, murió y fue enterrada bajo el roble cerca de Bethel. Así que se le llamó “el roble del llanto”.
9 After Jacob and his family returned from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, while they were still at Bethel, God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him.
Dios se le apareció de nuevo a Jacob y lo bendijo después de su regreso de Paddan-aram.
10 God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.
Dios le dijo: “Jacob no será más tu nombre. En lugar de Jacob tu nombre será Israel”. Así que Dios le llamó Israel.
11 Then God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Produce many children. Your descendants will become many nations, and some of your descendants will be kings.
Entonces Dios dijo: “¡Yo soy el Dios Todopoderoso! Reproduce, aumenta, y te convertirás en una nación - de hecho un grupo de naciones - y los reyes estarán entre tus descendientes.
12 The land that I promised to give to [your grandfather] Abraham and [your father] Isaac, I will give to you. I will also give it to your descendants.”
Te daré a ti y a tus descendientes la tierra que también di a Abraham e Isaac”.
13 When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.
Entonces Dios dejó el lugar donde había estado hablando con Jacob.
14 Jacob set up a large stone at the place where God had talked with him. He poured some wine and some [olive] oil on it to dedicate it to God.
Después Jacob puso un pilar de piedra en el lugar donde Dios había hablado con él. Derramó una ofrenda de bebida sobre ella, y también aceite de oliva.
15 Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
Jacob llamó al lugar Betel, porque allí había hablado con Dios.
16 Jacob and his family left Bethel and traveled south toward Ephrath [town]. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to have severe childbirth pains.
Luego se fueron de Betel. Cuando aún estaban a cierta distancia de Efrat, Raquel se puso de parto y tuvo grandes dificultades para dar a luz.
17 When her pain was the most severe, the (midwife/woman who helped her to give birth) said to Rachel, “Do not be afraid, because now you have given birth to another son!”
Cuando tuvo los peores dolores de parto, la comadrona le dijo: “No te rindas, tienes otro hijo”
18 But she was dying, and with her last breath she said, “Name him Benoni,” [which means ‘son of my sorrow]’, but his father named him Benjamin, [which means ‘son of my right hand]’.
Pero ella se estaba muriendo, y con su último aliento le puso el nombre de Benoni. Pero su padre le puso el nombre de Benjamín.
19 After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.
Raquel murió y fue enterrada camino de Efrat (también conocida como Belén).
20 Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
Jacob colocó una piedra conmemorativa sobre la tumba de Raquel, y sigue ahí hasta hoy.
21 Jacob, whose new name was Israel, continued traveling with his family, and he set up his tents on the south side of the watchtower at Eder [town].
Israel siguió adelante y acampó más allá de la torre de vigilancia en Eder.
22 While they were living in that area, Jacob’s son Reuben had sex [EUP] with Bilhah, one of his father’s (concubines/female slaves whom he had taken as a secondary wife). Someone told Jacob about it, and it made him very angry. (I will now give you/Here is) a list of Jacob’s twelve sons.
Durante el tiempo que vivió allí, Rubén fue y se acostó con Bilhá, la concubina de su padre, e Israel se enteró de ello. Estos fueron los doce hijos de Jacob:
23 The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.
Los hijos de Lea: Rubén (el primogénito de Jacob), Simeón, Leví, Judá, Isacar, y Zabulón.
24 The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
Los hijos de Raquel: Joséy Benjamín.
25 The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
Los hijos de Bila, la criada personal de Raquel: Dan y Neftalí.
26 The sons of Leah’s female slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. All those sons of Jacob, except Benjamin, were born while he was living in Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia.
Los hijos de Zilpá, la criada personal de Lea: Gad y Aser. Estos fueron los hijos de Jacob, que nacieron cuando vivía en Padán-Arán.
27 Jacob had returned back home to see his father Isaac at Mamre, which is also named Kiriath-Arba, and which is now named Hebron. Isaac’s father Abraham had also lived there.
Jacob regresó a casa de su padre Isaac en Mamre, cerca de Quiriat-arba (también conocida como Hebrón), donde habían vivido Abraham e Isaac.
28 Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.
Isaac vivió hasta la edad de 180 años,
29 He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.
cuando respiró por última vez y murió a una edad avanzada. Había vivido una vida plena y ahora se unió a sus antepasados en la muerte. Sus hijos Esaú y Jacob lo enterraron.
