Génesis 35
1 Dios dijo a Jacob: “Levántate, sube a Betel y vive allí. Haz allí un altar a Dios, que se te apareció cuando huías de la cara de tu hermano Esaú”.
[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 Entonces Jacob dijo a su familia y a todos los que estaban con él: “Quitad los dioses extranjeros que hay entre vosotros, purificaos y cambiad vuestros vestidos.
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 Levantémonos y subamos a Betel. Haré allí un altar a Dios, que me respondió en el día de mi angustia y estuvo conmigo en el camino que recorrí.”
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 Entregaron a Jacob todos los dioses extranjeros que tenían en sus manos, y los anillos que tenían en sus orejas; y Jacob los escondió bajo la encina que estaba junto a Siquem.
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 Ellos viajaron, y un terror de Dios estaba sobre las ciudades que estaban alrededor, y no persiguieron a los hijos de Jacob.
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 Entonces Jacob llegó a Luz (es decir, Betel), que está en la tierra de Canaán, él y todo el pueblo que estaba con él.
Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.
7 Edificó allí un altar y llamó al lugar El Betel, porque allí se le reveló Dios, cuando huía de la cara de su hermano.
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 Murió Débora, la nodriza de Rebeca, y fue enterrada debajo de Betel, bajo la encina; y su nombre fue llamado Allon Bacuth.
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 Dios se le apareció de nuevo a Jacob, cuando venía de Padán Aram, y lo bendijo.
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 Dios le dijo: “Tu nombre es Jacob. Ya no te llamarás Jacob, sino que te llamarás Israel”. Le puso el nombre de Israel.
God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.
11 Dios le dijo: “Yo soy el Dios Todopoderoso. Sé fecundo y multiplícate. De ti saldrá una nación y una compañía de naciones, y de tu cuerpo saldrán reyes.
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 La tierra que di a Abraham y a Isaac, te la daré a ti, y a tu descendencia después de ti le daré la tierra”.
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 Dios se alejó de él en el lugar donde habló con él.
When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.
14 Jacob levantó una columna en el lugar donde habló con él, una columna de piedra. Derramó sobre ella una libación y derramó sobre ella aceite.
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 Jacob llamó “Betel” al lugar donde Dios habló con él.
Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
16 Viajaron desde Betel. Todavía faltaba una distancia para llegar a Efraín, y Raquel estaba de parto. Tuvo 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 Cuando estaba de parto, la partera le dijo: “No temas, porque ahora tendrás otro hijo.”
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 Cuando su alma partió (pues murió), le puso el nombre de Benoni, pero su padre le puso el nombre de Benjamín.
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 Raquel murió y fue enterrada en el camino de Efrata (también llamada Belén).
After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.
20 Jacob levantó una columna sobre su tumba. El mismo es el pilar de la tumba de Raquel hasta el día de hoy.
Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
21 Israel viajó y extendió su tienda más allá de la torre de 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 Mientras Israel vivía en esa tierra, Rubén fue y se acostó con Bilhá, la concubina de su padre, e Israel se enteró. Los hijos de Jacob eran doce.
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 Los hijos de Lea: Rubén (primogénito de Jacob), Simeón, Leví, Judá, Isacar y Zabulón.
The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.
24 Los hijos de Raquel: José y Benjamín.
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25 Los hijos de Bilhah (sierva de Raquel): Dan y Neftalí.
The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
26 Los hijos de Zilpa (sierva de Lea): Gad y Aser. Estos son los hijos de Jacob, que le nacieron en Padan 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 Jacob vino a Isaac, su padre, a Mamre, a Quiriat Arba (que es Hebrón), donde Abraham e Isaac vivían como extranjeros.
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 Los días de Isaac fueron ciento ochenta años.
Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.
29 Isaac entregó el espíritu y murió, y fue reunido con su pueblo, viejo y lleno de días. Esaú y Jacob, sus hijos, lo enterraron.
He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.
