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 ʼElohim dijo a Jacob: Levántate, sube a Bet-ʼEl y vive allí. Haz allí un altar al ʼEL que se te apareció cuando huías 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 dijo a su casa y a todos los que estaban con él: Quiten los ídolos que hay entre ustedes, purifíquense y muden sus ropas.
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.”
Levantémonos y subamos a Bet-ʼEl. Allí haré un altar al ʼEL que me respondió el día de mi angustia, y ha estado conmigo dondequiera que he 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].
Le dieron a Jacob todos los ídolos que tenían en su poder y los zarcillos que tenían en sus orejas. Jacob los enterró debajo de un roble que estaba junto a 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.
Cuando salieron, hubo un terror sobrenatural sobre las ciudades circunvecinas, y no persiguieron a 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, con todo el pueblo que lo acompañaba, llegó a Luz, que es Bet-ʼEl, en tierra 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.
Edificó allí un altar y llamó el lugar ʼEl-bet-ʼEl, porque allí se le reveló ʼElohim cuando huía de su hermano.
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’].
Entonces Débora, ama de crianza de Rebeca, murió. Fue sepultada en la parte baja de Bet-ʼEl, debajo del roble, y Jacob lo llamó 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.
ʼElohim se apareció otra vez a Jacob después que regresó de Padan-aram. Lo bendijo
10 God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.
y ʼElohim le dijo: Tu nombre es Jacob. Ya no será tu nombre Jacob, Sino tu nombre será Israel. Y lo 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.
Después ʼElohim le dijo: Yo soy ʼEL-Shadday: Fructifica y multiplícate. Una nación y un grupo de naciones procederá de ti, y reyes saldrán de ti.
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.”
La tierra que di a Abraham y a Isaac, te la doy a ti. También la daré a tu descendencia.
13 When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.
ʼElohim ascendió de su lado, del lugar donde habló con él.
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.
Jacob erigió una estela en el lugar donde habló con él, una estela de piedra. Derramó una libación y aceite sobre ella.
15 Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
Jacob llamó el lugar donde ʼElohim habló con él Bet-ʼEl.
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.
Salieron de Bet-ʼEl, y cuando faltaba una corta distancia para llegar a Efrata, le llegó a Raquel el trance de dar a luz. Su parto fue difícil.
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!”
Aconteció que en la dificultad de su parto, la partera le dijo: No temas, que también tendrás este 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]’.
Ocurrió que al salir su alma, pues murió, lo llamó Benoni, pero su padre lo llamó Benjamín.
19 After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.
Así Raquel murió, y fue sepultada en el camino de Efrata, la cual es Belén.
20 Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
Jacob erigió una estela sobre su sepultura. Ésta es la estela de la tumba de Raquel 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 salió y plantó su tienda más allá de la torre de Éder.
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.
Mientras Israel vivía en aquella tierra, aconteció que Rubén fue y se unió con Bilha, la concubina de su padre, e Israel se enteró de ello.
23 The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.
Ahora bien, los hijos de Jacob fueron 12. Hijos de Lea: Rubén el primogénito, Simeón, Leví, Judá, Isacar y Zabulón.
24 The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
Hijos de Raquel: José y Benjamín.
25 The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
Hijos de Bilha, esclava 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.
E hijos de Zilpa, esclava de Lea: Gad y Aser. Estos fueron los hijos de Jacob que le nacieron en Pa-danrama.
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 fue a su padre Isaac, en Mamre, ciudad de Arba, que es Hebrón, precisamente donde Abraham e Isaac peregrinaron.
28 Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.
Los días de Isaac fueron 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.
Isaac expiró y fue unido a su pueblo, anciano y lleno de días. Lo sepultaron sus hijos Esaú y Jacob.
