Genesis 35
1 interea locutus est Deus ad Iacob surge et ascende Bethel et habita ibi facque altare Deo qui apparuit tibi quando fugiebas Esau fratrem tuum
God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”
2 Iacob vero convocata omni domo sua ait abicite deos alienos qui in medio vestri sunt et mundamini ac mutate vestimenta vestra
Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are amongst you, purify yourselves, and change your garments.
3 surgite et ascendamus in Bethel ut faciamus ibi altare Deo qui exaudivit me in die tribulationis meae et fuit socius itineris mei
Let’s arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.”
4 dederunt ergo ei omnes deos alienos quos habebant et inaures quae erant in auribus eorum at ille infodit ea subter terebinthum quae est post urbem Sychem
They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
5 cumque profecti essent terror Dei invasit omnes per circuitum civitates et non sunt ausi persequi recedentes
They travelled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob.
6 venit igitur Iacob Luzam quae est in terra Chanaan cognomento Bethel ipse et omnis populus cum eo
So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
7 aedificavitque ibi altare et appellavit nomen loci Domus Dei ibi enim apparuit ei Deus cum fugeret fratrem suum
He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 eodem tempore mortua est Debbora nutrix Rebeccae et sepulta ad radices Bethel subter quercum vocatumque est nomen loci quercus Fletus
Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.
9 apparuit autem iterum Deus Iacob postquam reversus est de Mesopotamiam Syriae benedixitque ei
God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.
10 dicens non vocaberis ultra Iacob sed Israhel erit nomen tuum et appellavit eum Israhel
God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel.” He named him Israel.
11 dixitque ei ego Deus omnipotens cresce et multiplicare gentes et populi nationum erunt ex te reges de lumbis tuis egredientur
God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.
12 terramque quam dedi Abraham et Isaac dabo tibi et semini tuo post te
The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your offspring after you I will give the land.”
13 et recessit ab eo
God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
14 ille vero erexit titulum lapideum in loco quo locutus ei fuerat Deus libans super eum libamina et effundens oleum
Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.
15 vocansque nomen loci Bethel
Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel”.
16 egressus inde venit verno tempore ad terram quae ducit Efratham in qua cum parturiret Rahel
They travelled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labour.
17 ob difficultatem partus periclitari coepit dixitque ei obsetrix noli timere quia et hunc habebis filium
When she was in hard labour, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”
18 egrediente autem anima prae dolore et inminente iam morte vocavit nomen filii sui Benoni id est filius doloris mei pater vero appellavit eum Beniamin id est filius dexterae
As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
19 mortua est ergo Rahel et sepulta in via quae ducit Efratham haec est Bethleem
Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).
20 erexitque Iacob titulum super sepulchrum eius hic est titulus monumenti Rahel usque in praesentem diem
Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.
21 egressus inde fixit tabernaculum trans turrem Gregis
Israel travelled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
22 cumque habitaret in illa regione abiit Ruben et dormivit cum Bala concubina patris sui quod illum minime latuit erant autem filii Iacob duodecim
While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
23 filii Liae primogenitus Ruben et Symeon et Levi et Iudas et Isachar et Zabulon
The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
24 filii Rahel Ioseph et Beniamin
The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
25 filii Balae ancillae Rahelis Dan et Nepthalim
The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.
26 filii Zelphae ancillae Liae Gad et Aser hii filii Iacob qui nati sunt ei in Mesopotamiam Syriae
The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
27 venit etiam ad Isaac patrem suum in Mambre civitatem Arbee haec est Hebron in qua peregrinatus est Abraham et Isaac
Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.
28 et conpleti sunt dies Isaac centum octoginta annorum
The days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years.
29 consumptusque aetate mortuus est et adpositus populo suo senex et plenus dierum et sepelierunt eum Esau et Iacob filii sui
Isaac gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.
