Génesis 35
1 Y Dijo Dios a Jacob: Sube ahora a Bet-el, y haz allí tu morada; y pon allí un altar al Dios que vino a ti cuando huías 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 todo su pueblo: Saquen a los dioses extraños que están en medio de ti, y báñense, y cámbiense de ropa.
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 Y subamos a Bet-el; y haré allí un altar a Dios, el cual me respondió en el día de mi angustia, y estuvo conmigo dondequiera que fui.
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 Entonces dieron a Jacob todos los dioses ajenos que tenían, y los anillos que estaban en sus oídos; y Jacob los puso debajo del árbol santo en 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 Y partieron, y el temor de Dios estaba en las ciudades de alrededor, y no atacaron 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 Y Jacob vino a Luz en la tierra de Canaán (que es lo mismo que Bet-el), él y todo su pueblo.
Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.
7 Y allí él hizo un altar, nombrando el lugar El-bet-el: porque allí es donde tuvo la visión de Dios cuando huía 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 Y Débora, sierva que había cuidado de Rebeca desde su nacimiento, llegó a su fin, y se detuvo cerca de Bet-el, debajo del árbol santo, y le pusieron el nombre de Alón Bacut.
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 Cuando Jacob estaba en camino de Padan-aram, Dios volvió a él y, bendiciéndole, dijo:
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 Jacob es tu nombre, pero ya no será así; desde ahora tu nombre será Israel; así que se llamó Israel.
God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.
11 Y le dijo Dios: Yo soy Dios, Todopoderoso: sé fértil, y multiplícate; una nación, verdaderamente un grupo de naciones, vendrá de ti, y los reyes serán tus descendientes;
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 Y la tierra que di a Abraham e Isaac, te daré; y a tu simiente después de ti 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 Entonces Dios se levantó de él en el lugar donde había estado hablando con él.
When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.
14 Y Jacob puso una columna en el lugar donde había estado hablando con Dios, y puso sobre ella ofrenda de agua y 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 Y él le dio al lugar donde Dios había estado hablando con él, el nombre de Betel.
Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
16 Y pasaron de Bet-el; y mientras todavía estaban a cierta distancia de Efrata, los dolores del parto vinieron sobre Raquel y ella tuvo un momento difícil.
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 Y cuando su dolor fue grande, la mujer que la estaba ayudando 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 Y a la hora en que su vida se fue de ella (porque la muerte vino a ella), le dio al niño el nombre de Benoni; pero su padre le dio 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 Llegó, pues, Raquel, y se detuvo en el camino de Efrata, que es Belén.
After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.
20 Y Jacob puso una columna en su lugar de reposo; que se llama, El Pilar del lugar de descanso 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 Y siguió Israel, y puso sus tiendas del otro lado de la torre del Edar.
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 vivían en aquella tierra, Rubén tuvo relaciones con Bilha, sierva de su padre; e Israel se enteró.
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 Y Jacob tuvo doce hijos: los hijos de Lea; Rubén, el primogénito de Jacob, y Simeón, y Leví, y Judá, e 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 Bilha, 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 que Jacob tuvo 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 Y Jacob vino a su padre Isaac en Mamre, en Quiriat-arba, es decir, Hebrón, donde Abraham e Isaac habían estado viviendo.
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 Y Isaac tenía ciento ochenta años.
Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.
29 Entonces Isaac llegó a su fin y fue sepultado con el pueblo de su padre, un anciano después de una larga vida; y Jacob y Esaú, sus hijos, lo sepultaron.
He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.
