Genesis 35
Magandang Balita Biblia
Binasbasan ng Diyos si Jacob sa Bethel
35 Sinabi(A) ng Diyos kay Jacob, “Pumunta ka sa Bethel at doon ka manirahan. Ipagtayo mo roon ng altar ang Diyos na nagpakita sa iyo noong tumatakas ka sa iyong kapatid na si Esau.”
2 Kaya't sinabi ni Jacob sa kanyang sambahayan at sa lahat ng kasama niya, “Itapon ninyong lahat ang diyus-diyosang taglay ninyo, maglinis kayo ng inyong katawan, at magbihis kayo. 3 Aalis tayo rito at pupunta sa Bethel. Magtatayo ako roon ng altar para sa Diyos na kasama ko saanman at laging tumutulong sa akin sa panahon ng kagipitan.” 4 Ibinigay nila kay Jacob ang kanilang mga diyus-diyosan at ang suot nilang mga hikaw. Ang lahat ng ito'y ibinaon ni Jacob sa tabi ng malaking punong malapit sa Shekem.
5 Ang mga tao sa mga karatig-bayan ay natakot kay Jacob at sa kanyang mga anak na lalaki, kaya't walang nangahas humabol sa kanila nang sila'y umalis. 6 Nang dumating sila sa Luz, sa lupain ng Canaan, 7 gumawa siya ng altar at tinawag niyang El-Bethel[a] ang lugar na iyon, sapagkat doon nagpakita sa kanya ang Diyos nang siya'y tumakas mula sa kanyang kapatid. 8 Namatay si Debora, ang nag-alaga kay Rebeca, at inilibing sa tabi ng malaking puno sa gawing timog ng Bethel. At ang dakong iyo'y tinawag na “Roble ng Pagluha.”
9 Pagbalik ni Jacob mula sa Mesopotamia, muling nagpakita sa kanya ang Diyos at siya'y binasbasan, 10 “Jacob(B) ang pangalan mo, ngunit mula ngayon, Israel na ang itatawag sa iyo.” 11 Sinabi(C) pa sa kanya, “Ako ang Makapangyarihang Diyos; magkakaroon ka ng maraming anak. Darami ang iyong mga lahi at sa kanila'y may mga magiging hari. Magmumula sa lahi mo ang maraming bansa. 12 Ang mga lupaing aking ipinangako kay Abraham at kay Isaac ay ibibigay ko sa iyo at sa iyong mga anak.” 13 At iniwan siya ng Diyos. 14 Naglagay(D) si Jacob ng batong palatandaan sa lugar na pinagtagpuan nila. Binuhusan niya ito ng langis at alak bilang tanda na ito'y ukol sa Diyos. 15 Tinawag niyang Bethel ang lugar na iyon.
Namatay si Raquel
16 Umalis sila sa Bethel. Nang sila'y malapit na sa Efrata, naramdaman ni Raquel na manganganak na siya at napakatindi ng kanyang hirap. 17 Sinabi sa kanya ng hilot, “Huwag kang matakot, lalaki na naman ang isisilang mo.” 18 Nasa bingit na siya ng kamatayan, at bago siya nalagutan ng hininga, ang sanggol ay tinawag niyang Benoni,[b] ngunit Benjamin[c] naman ang ipinangalan ni Jacob.
19 Namatay si Raquel at inilibing sa tabi ng daang patungo sa Efrata na ngayon ay Bethlehem. 20 Ang puntod ay nilagyan ni Jacob ng batong pananda at hanggang ngayo'y makikita pa rin ang panandang iyon sa puntod ni Raquel. 21 Nagpatuloy ng paglalakbay si Israel at nagkampo sa kabilang panig ng tore ng Eder.
Ang mga Anak ni Jacob(E)
22 Samantalang(F) sina Israel ay nasa lupaing iyon, sumiping si Ruben kay Bilha na isa sa mga asawang-lingkod ng kanyang ama. Nalaman ito ni Israel.
Labindalawa ang mga anak na lalaki ni Jacob: 23 kay Lea, ang naging anak niya'y sina Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, Isacar at Zebulun; 24 kay Raquel, si Jose at si Benjamin; 25 kay Bilha na alipin ni Raquel, si Dan at si Neftali; 26 kay Zilpa naman na alipin ni Lea, ang naging anak niya'y sina Gad at Asher. Sa Mesopotamia ipinanganak ang lahat ng ito.
Namatay si Isaac
27 Dumalaw(G) si Jacob sa kanyang amang si Isaac sa Mamre, na tinatawag ding Lunsod ng Arba o Hebron. Dito rin tumira si Abraham. 28 Si Isaac ay 180 taon 29 nang mamatay at mamahinga sa piling ng kanyang mga ninuno. Siya'y inilibing nina Esau at Jacob.
Footnotes
- Genesis 35:7 EL-BETHEL: Sa wikang Hebreo, ang kahulugan ng salitang ito ay “Diyos ng Bethel”.
- Genesis 35:18 BENONI: Sa wikang Hebreo, ang kahulugan ng salitang ito ay “anak ng aking pagdadalamhati”.
- Genesis 35:18 BENJAMIN: Sa wikang Hebreo, ang kahulugan ng salitang ito ay “anak na pagpapalain”.
Genesis 35
English Standard Version
God Blesses and Renames Jacob
35 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to (A)Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you (B)when you fled from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his (C)household and to all who were with him, “Put away (D)the foreign gods that are among you and (E)purify yourselves and change your garments. 3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God (F)who answers me in the day of my distress and (G)has been with me wherever I have gone.” 4 So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under (H)the terebinth tree that was near Shechem.
5 And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. 6 And Jacob came to (I)Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him, 7 and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel,[a] because (J)there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother. 8 And (K)Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.[b]
9 God appeared[c] to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; (L)no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but (M)Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel. 11 And God said to him, (N)“I am God Almighty:[d] be (O)fruitful and multiply. (P)A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.[e] 12 (Q)The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.” 13 Then God (R)went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him. 14 And Jacob (S)set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. 15 So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him (T)Bethel.
The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac
16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance[f] from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. 17 And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for (U)you have another son.” 18 And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni;[g] (V)but his father called him Benjamin.[h] 19 So (W)Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to (X)Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem), 20 and Jacob set up a pillar over her tomb. It is (Y)the pillar of Rachel's tomb, which is there to this day. 21 Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
22 While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and (Z)lay with Bilhah his father's concubine. And Israel heard of it.
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. 23 The sons of Leah: (AA)Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. 24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali. 26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
27 And Jacob came to his father Isaac at (AB)Mamre, or (AC)Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned. 28 Now the days of Isaac were 180 years. 29 And Isaac breathed his last, and he died (AD)and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And (AE)his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Footnotes
- Genesis 35:7 El-bethel means God of Bethel
- Genesis 35:8 Allon-bacuth means oak of weeping
- Genesis 35:9 Or had appeared
- Genesis 35:11 Hebrew El Shaddai
- Genesis 35:11 Hebrew from your loins
- Genesis 35:16 Or about two hours' distance
- Genesis 35:18 Ben-oni could mean son of my sorrow, or son of my strength
- Genesis 35:18 Benjamin means son of the right hand
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