1 Mose 35
Schlachter 1951
Jakob in Bethel - sein neuer Name Israel
35 Und Gott sprach zu Jakob: Mache dich auf, ziehe hinauf nach Bethel und wohne dort und baue dort einen Altar dem Gott, der dir erschienen ist, als du vor deinem Bruder Esau flohst!
2 Da sprach Jakob zu seinem Haus und zu allen, die bei ihm waren: Tut von euch weg die fremden Götter, die unter euch sind, und reinigt euch und wechselt eure Kleider! 3 So wollen wir uns aufmachen und nach Bethel hinaufziehen, daß ich dort einen Altar errichte dem Gott, der mir geantwortet hat zur Zeit meiner Not, und der mit mir gewesen ist auf dem Weg, den ich gezogen bin!
4 Da lieferten sie Jakob alle fremden Götter aus, die in ihren Händen waren, samt den Ringen, die sie an ihren Ohren trugen, und Jakob verbarg sie unter der Eiche, die bei Sichem steht. 5 Darnach brachen sie auf; und der Schrecken Gottes fiel auf die umliegenden Städte, daß sie die Söhne Jakobs nicht verfolgten.
6 Als nun Jakob nach Lus kam, das im Lande Kanaan liegt das ist Bethel, er und alles Volk, das bei ihm war, 7 baute er dort einen Altar und nannte den Ort "El-Bethel"[a], weil sich Gott ihm dort geoffenbart hatte, als er vor seinem Bruder floh.
8 Da starb Debora, die Amme der Rebekka, und wurde begraben unterhalb von Bethel, unter der Eiche, die man Klageeiche nennt.
9 Und Gott erschien Jakob zum zweitenmal, seitdem er aus Mesopotamien gekommen war, und segnete ihn. 10 Und Gott sprach zu ihm: Dein Name ist Jakob, aber du sollst nicht mehr Jakob heißen, sondern Israel soll dein Name sein! Und so nannte er sich Israel.
11 Und Gott sprach zu ihm: Ich bin der allmächtige Gott, sei fruchtbar und mehre dich! Ein Volk und eine Völkergemeinde soll von dir kommen, und Könige sollen aus deinen Lenden hervorgehen; 12 das Land aber, das ich Abraham und Isaak gegeben habe, das will ich dir und deinen Nachkommen nach dir geben! 13 Und Gott fuhr auf von ihm an dem Ort, da er mit ihm geredet hatte.
14 Da richtete Jakob eine Säule auf an dem Ort, wo er mit ihm geredet hatte, einen Denkstein, und goß ein Trankopfer darauf aus und schüttete Öl darüber; 15 und Jakob nannte den Ort, wo Gott mit ihm geredet hatte, Bethel.
Geburt Benjamins Tod Rahels
16 Darnach brachen sie von Bethel auf; und als sie nur noch ein Stück Weges bis Ephrata zu gehen hatten, gebar Rahel; und sie hatte eine schwere Geburt. 17 Als ihr aber die Geburt so schwer fiel, sprach die Geburtshelferin: Fürchte dich nicht; du hast auch diesmal einen Sohn! 18 Als ihr aber die Seele entschwand, weil sie am Sterben war, nannte sie seinen Namen Benoni[b]; sein Vater aber nannte ihn Benjamin[c].
19 Und Rahel starb und wurde begraben am Wege nach Ephrata, das ist Bethlehem. 20 Und Jakob stellte eine Denksäule auf über ihrem Grab; das ist Rahels Grabmal geblieben bis auf diesen Tag.
Jakobs Heimkehr zu seinem Vater. Tod Isaaks
21 Und Israel zog weiter und schlug sein Zelt jenseits des Herdenturmes auf. 22 Es begab sich aber, während Israel in dem Lande wohnte, daß Ruben sich mit seines Vaters Nebenfrau Bilha verging; und Israel vernahm es.
23 Jakob aber hatte zwölf Söhne. Die Söhne Leas waren diese: Ruben, der erstgeborne Sohn Jakobs, Simeon, Levi, Juda, Issaschar und Sebulon; 24 die Söhne Rahels waren Joseph und Benjamin;
25 die Söhne Bilhas, Rahels Magd: Dan und Naphtali;
26 die Söhne Silpas, Leas Magd: Gad und Asser. Das sind die Söhne Jakobs, die ihm in Mesopotamien geboren wurden.
27 Und Jakob kam zu seinem Vater Isaak gen Mamre, bei Kirjath-Arba, das ist Hebron, wo Abraham und Isaak Fremdlinge gewesen sind.
28 Und Isaak wurde hundertundachtzig Jahre alt. 29 Und Isaak nahm ab, starb und wurde zu seinem Volk versammelt, alt und lebenssatt; und seine Söhne Esau und Jakob begruben ihn.
Footnotes
- 1 Mose 35:7 El-Bethel, bed. Gott von Bethel
- 1 Mose 35:18 Benoni, bed. Schmerzenskind
- 1 Mose 35:18 Benjamin, bed. Sohn der Rechten
Genesis 35
New King James Version
Jacob’s Return to Bethel
35 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to (A)Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, (B)who appeared to you (C)when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”
2 And Jacob said to his (D)household and to all who were with him, “Put away (E)the foreign gods that are among you, (F)purify yourselves, and change your garments. 3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, (G)who answered me in the day of my distress (H)and has been with me in the way which I have gone.” 4 So they gave Jacob all the foreign [a]gods which were in their hands, and the (I)earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under (J)the terebinth tree which was by Shechem.
5 And they journeyed, and (K)the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. 6 So Jacob came to (L)Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. 7 And he (M)built an altar there and called the place [b]El Bethel, because (N)there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 Now (O)Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the terebinth tree. So the name of it was called [c]Allon Bachuth.
9 Then (P)God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and (Q)blessed him. 10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; (R)your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, (S)but Israel shall be your name.” So He called his name Israel. 11 Also God said to him: (T)“I am God Almighty. (U)Be fruitful and multiply; (V)a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body. 12 The (W)land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land.” 13 Then God (X)went[d] up from him in the place where He talked with him. 14 So Jacob (Y)set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, (Z)Bethel.
Death of Rachel
16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor. 17 Now it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, “Do not fear; (AA)you will have this son also.” 18 And so it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name [e]Ben-Oni; but his father called him [f]Benjamin. 19 So (AB)Rachel died and was buried on the way to (AC)Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). 20 And Jacob set a pillar on her grave, which is the pillar of Rachel’s grave (AD)to this day.
21 Then Israel journeyed and pitched his tent beyond (AE)the tower of Eder. 22 And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and (AF)lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard about it.
Jacob’s Twelve Sons
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 the sons of Leah were (AG)Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun; 24 the sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin; 25 the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant, were Dan and Naphtali; 26 and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Padan Aram.
Death of Isaac
27 Then Jacob came to his father Isaac at (AH)Mamre, or (AI)Kirjath Arba[g] (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had dwelt. 28 Now the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years. 29 So Isaac breathed his last and died, and (AJ)was [h]gathered to his people, being old and full of days. And (AK)his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Footnotes
- Genesis 35:4 idols
- Genesis 35:7 Lit. God of the House of God
- Genesis 35:8 Lit. Terebinth of Weeping
- Genesis 35:13 departed
- Genesis 35:18 Lit. Son of My Sorrow
- Genesis 35:18 Lit. Son of the Right Hand
- Genesis 35:27 Lit. Town or City of Arba
- Genesis 35:29 Joined his ancestors
Genesis 35
Living Bible
35 “Move on to Bethel now, and settle there,” God said to Jacob, “and build an altar to worship me—the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
2 So Jacob instructed all those in his household to destroy the idols they had brought with them, and to wash themselves and to put on fresh clothing. 3 “For we are going to Bethel,” he told them, “and I will build an altar there to the God who answered my prayers in the day of my distress, and was with me on my journey.”
4 So they gave Jacob all their idols and their earrings, and he buried them beneath the oak tree near Shechem. 5 Then they started on again. And the terror of God was upon all the cities they journeyed through, so that they were not attacked. 6 Finally they arrived at Luz (also called Bethel), in Canaan. 7 And Jacob erected an altar there and named it “the altar to the God who met me here at Bethel”[a] because it was there at Bethel that God appeared to him when he was fleeing from Esau.
8 Soon after this[b] Rebekah’s old nurse, Deborah, died and was buried beneath the oak tree in the valley below Bethel. And ever after it was called “The Oak of Weeping.”
9 Upon Jacob’s arrival at Bethel, en route from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him once again and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, “You shall no longer be called Jacob (‘Grabber’), but Israel (‘One who prevails with God’). 11 I am God Almighty,” the Lord said to him, “and I will cause you to be fertile and to multiply and to become a great nation, yes, many nations; many kings shall be among your descendants. 12 And I will pass on to you the land I gave to Abraham and Isaac. Yes, I will give it to you and to your descendants.”
13-14 Afterwards Jacob built a stone pillar at the place where God had appeared to him; and he poured wine over it as an offering to God and then anointed the pillar with olive oil. 15 Jacob named the spot Bethel (“House of God”), because God had spoken to him there.
16 Leaving Bethel, he and his household traveled on toward Ephrath (Bethlehem). But Rachel’s pains of childbirth began while they were still a long way away. 17 After a very hard delivery, the midwife finally exclaimed, “Wonderful—another boy!” 18 And with Rachel’s last breath (for she died) she named him “Ben-oni” (“Son of my sorrow”); but his father called him “Benjamin” (“Son of my right hand”).
19 So Rachel died, and was buried near the road to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem). 20 And Jacob set up a monument of stones upon her grave, and it is there to this day.
21 Then Israel journeyed on and camped beyond the Tower of Eder. 22 It was while he was there that Reuben slept with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and someone told Israel about it.
Here are the names of the twelve sons of Jacob:
23 The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s oldest child, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun.
24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph, Benjamin.
25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant girl: Dan, Naphtali.
26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant girl: Gad, Asher.
All these were born to him at Paddan-aram.
27 So Jacob came at last to Isaac his father at Mamre in Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron), where Abraham too had lived. 28-29 Isaac died soon afterwards, at the ripe old age of 180. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Footnotes
- Genesis 35:7 the God who met me here at Bethel, literally, “the God of Bethel.”
- Genesis 35:8 Soon after this, implied.
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