雅各遷往伯特利

35 上帝對雅各說:「你到伯特利去住,你要在那裡為上帝築一座壇,祂在你逃避你哥哥以掃時曾向你顯現。」 於是,雅各吩咐家人和所有的隨從:「你們要除掉你們當中的外族神像,沐浴更衣,潔淨自己。 我們要上伯特利去,在那裡為上帝築一座壇,祂在我遭遇患難時聽了我的禱告,一路都與我同在。」 他們把所有外族的神像和自己的耳環都交給雅各,雅各把這些東西埋在示劍的橡樹下。

他們就出發了,上帝使恐懼籠罩周圍的城邑,沒有人敢追趕他們。 雅各和所有的隨從來到迦南的路斯,也就是伯特利。 他在那裡建造了一座壇,稱那地方為伊勒·伯特利[a],因為在他逃避哥哥的時候,上帝曾在那裡向他顯現。 後來利百加的奶媽底波拉死了,葬在伯特利山谷下面的橡樹下,那棵樹叫亞倫·巴古[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 35·7 伊勒·伯特利」意思是「伯特利的上帝」。
  2. 35·8 亞倫·巴古」意思是「哭泣的橡樹」。

35 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:

And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

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