Genesi 35
1 E IDDIO disse a Giacobbe: Levati, vattene in Betel, e dimora quivi, e fa' un altare all'Iddio che ti apparve quando tu fuggivi per tema di Esaù, tuo fratello.
[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.”
2 E Giacobbe disse alla sua famiglia, ed a tutti coloro ch'[erano] con lui: Togliete via gl'iddii stranieri che [son] fra voi, e purificatevi, e cambiatevi i vestimenti.
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.
3 E noi ci leveremo, ed andremo in Betel; ed io farò quivi un altare all'Iddio che mi ha risposto al giorno della mia angoscia, ed è stato meco per lo viaggio che io ho fatto.
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.”
4 Ed essi diedero a Giacobbe tutti gl'iddii degli stranieri, ch' [erano] nelle lor mani, e i monili che [aveano] agli orecchi; e Giacobbe il nascose sotto la quercia, ch'[è] vicina a Sichem.
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].
5 Poi si partirono. E il terror di Dio fu sopra le città ch' [erano] d'intorno a loro; laonde non perseguirono i figliuoli di Giacobbe.
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.
6 E Giacobbe, con tutta la gente ch'[era] con lui, giunse a Luz, ch'[è] nel paese di Canaan, la quale [è] Betel.
Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.
7 Ed edificò quivi un altare, e nominò quel luogo: L'Iddio di Betel; perciocchè quivi gli apparve Iddio, quando egli si fuggiva per tema del suo fratello.
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.
8 E Debora, balia di Rebecca, morì, e fu seppellita al disotto di Betel, sotto una quercia, la quale [Giacobbe] nominò: Quercia di pianto.
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’].
9 E Iddio apparve ancora a Giacobbe, quando egli veniva di Paddan-aram, e lo benedisse.
After Jacob and his family returned from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, while they were still at Bethel, God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him.
10 E Iddio gli disse: Il tuo nome [è] Giacobbe: tu non sarai più nominato Giacobbe, anzi il tuo nome [sarà] Israele; e gli pose nome Israele.
God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.
11 Oltre a ciò Iddio gli disse: Io [son] l'Iddio Onnipotente; cresci e moltiplica; una nazione, anzi una raunanza di nazioni, verrà da te, e re usciranno da' tuoi lombi.
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.
12 Ed io donerò a te, ed alla tua progenie dopo te, il paese che io diedi ad Abrahamo e ad Isacco.
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.”
13 Poi Iddio risalì d'appresso a lui, nel luogo stesso dove egli avea parlato con lui.
When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.
14 E Giacobbe rizzò un piliere di pietra nel luogo ove [Iddio] avea parlato con lui; e versò sopra esso una offerta da spandere, e vi sparse su dell'olio.
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.
15 Giacobbe adunque pose nome Betel a quel luogo, dove Iddio avea parlato con lui.
Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
16 Poi [Giacobbe, co' suoi], partì di Betel; e, restandovi ancora alquanto spazio di paese per arrivare in Efrata, Rachele partorì, ed ebbe un duro parto.
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.
17 E, mentre penava a partorire, la levatrice le disse: Non temere; perciocchè eccoti ancora un figliuolo.
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!”
18 E, come l'anima sua si partiva (perciocchè ella morì), ella pose nome a quel figliuolo: Ben-oni; ma suo padre lo nominò Beniamino.
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]’.
19 E Rachele morì, e fu seppellita nella via d'Efrata, ch'[è] Bet-lehem.
After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.
20 E Giacobbe rizzò una pila sopra la sepoltura di essa. Quest' [è] la pila della sepoltura di Rachele, [che dura] infino al dì d'oggi.
Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
21 E Israele si partì, e tese i suoi padiglioni di là da Migdal-eder.
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].
22 Ed avvenne, mentre Israele abitava in quel paese, che Ruben andò, e si giacque con Bilha, concubina di suo padre; e Israele lo intese. Or i figliuoli di Giacobbe furono dodici.
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.
23 I figliuoli di Lea [furono] Ruben, primogenito di Giacobbe, e Simeone e Levi, e Giuda, ed Issacar, e Zabulon.
The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.
24 E i figliuoli di Rachele [furono] Giuseppe e Beniamino.
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25 E i figliuoli di Bilha, serva di Rachele, [furono] Dan e Neftali.
The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
26 E i figliuoli di Zilpa, serva di Lea, [furono] Gad ed Aser. Questi [sono] i figliuoli di Giacobbe, i quali gli nacquero in Paddan-aram.
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.
27 E Giacobbe arrivò ad Isacco, suo padre, [in] Mamre, [nel]la città di Arba, ch'[è] Hebron, ove Abrahamo ed Isacco erano dimorati.
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.
28 Or il tempo [della vita] d'Isacco fu di centottant'anni.
Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.
29 Poi Isacco trapassò, e morì, e fu raccolto a' suoi popoli, vecchio e sazio di giorni. Ed Esaù e Giacobbe, suoi figliuoli, lo seppellirono.
He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.
