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
Geneza 35
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Întoarcerea lui Iacov la Betel
35 Dumnezeu i-a vorbit lui Iacov astfel: „Scoală-te, du-te la Betel, locuieşte acolo şi zideşte un altar pentru Dumnezeul Care ţi S-a arătat pe când fugeai de fratele tău, Esau.“ 2 Iacov le-a spus celor din familia sa şi tuturor celor care erau cu el: „Îndepărtaţi zeii care sunt în mijlocul vostru, curăţaţi-vă şi schimbaţi-vă hainele, 3 pentru ca să ne sculăm şi să mergem la Betel unde voi zidi un altar pentru Dumnezeul Care mi-a răspuns în ziua necazului meu şi Care a fost cu mine pe oriunde am umblat.“ 4 Ei i-au dat lui Iacov toţi zeii pe care-i aveau şi cerceii[a] pe care-i purtau în urechi. După ce i-a îngropat sub terebintul care se afla lângă Şehem, 5 au pornit la drum. Groaza lui Dumnezeu a cuprins cetăţile din împrejurimi, astfel încât nimeni nu i-a urmărit. 6 Iacov a ajuns la Luz, adică Betel, care se află în Canaan, împreună cu toţi cei care erau cu el. 7 Acolo a zidit un altar şi a pus acelui loc numele El-Betel[b], pentru că Dumnezeu Însuşi i Se arătase acolo, pe când fugea de fratele său, Esau. 8 Debora, doica Rebecăi, a murit şi a fost îngropată sub un stejar, mai jos de Betel; de aceea stejarul a fost numit Alon-Bakut[c].
9 După ce Iacov s-a întors din Padan-Aram, Dumnezeu i S-a arătat din nou, l-a binecuvântat 10 şi i-a zis: „Numele tău este Iacov; dar nu te vei mai numi Iacov[d], ci numele tău va fi Israel[e].“ Şi l-a numit Israel. 11 Dumnezeu i-a mai zis: „Eu sunt Dumnezeul cel Atoputernic[f]: fii roditor şi înmulţeşte-te; un neam şi o mulţime de neamuri vor ieşi din tine, chiar regi vor ieşi din coapsele tale. 12 Ţara pe care le-am dat-o lui Avraam şi Isaac ţi-o voi da ţie şi seminţei[g] tale după tine.“ 13 Apoi Dumnezeu S-a înălţat de la el, din locul în care îi vorbise. 14 Iacov a aşezat un stâlp de piatră în locul în care Dumnezeu îi vorbise şi a turnat o jertfă de băutură şi untdelemn pe el. 15 Iacov a numit locul în care Dumnezeu îi vorbise, Betel[h].
Moartea Rahelei şi a lui Isaac
16 După aceea au plecat din Betel şi, înainte de a ajunge la Efrata, pe Rahela au apucat-o durerile naşterii. A avut o naştere grea. 17 Pe când era în durerile naşterii, moaşa i-a zis: „Nu te teme, pentru că mai ai un fiu.“ 18 În timp ce îşi dădea sufletul, pentru că era pe moarte, Rahela i-a pus băiatului numele Ben-Oni[i]; însă tatăl său i-a pus numele Beniamin[j]. 19 Rahela a murit şi a fost îngropată pe drumul spre Efrata, adică Betleem. 20 Iacov a aşezat un stâlp pe mormântul ei, stâlp care se află pe mormântul Rahelei şi astăzi. 21 Israel şi-a continuat călătoria şi şi-a întins cortul dincolo de Migdal-Eder.
22 În timp ce Israel locuia în acel ţinut, Ruben s-a dus şi s-a culcat cu Bilha, ţiitoarea tatălui său, dar Israel a aflat despre acest lucru. Iacov avea doisprezece fii.
23 Fiii Leei au fost: Ruben, întâiul născut al lui Iacov;
Simeon, Levi, Iuda, Isahar şi Zabulon.
24 Fiii Rahelei au fost: Iosif şi Beniamin.
25 Fiii Bilhei, sclava Rahelei, au fost: Dan şi Neftali.
26 Fiii Zilpei, sclava Leei, au fost: Gad şi Aşer.
Aceştia au fost fiii lui Iacov, care i s-au născut în Padan-Aram.
Moartea lui Isaac
27 Iacov a ajuns la tatăl său, Isaac, în Mamre, lângă Chiriat-Arba, adică Hebron, unde au locuit ca străini Avraam şi Isaac. 28 Isaac a trăit o sută optzeci de ani. 29 El şi-a dat ultima suflare şi astfel a murit bătrân şi sătul de zile, fiind adăugat la poporul său; iar Esau şi Iacov, fiii săi, l-au îngropat.
Footnotes
- Geneza 35:4 Purtaţi ca amulete; obicei religios păgân (vezi Osea 2:13)
- Geneza 35:7 El-Betel înseamnă Dumnezeul Betelului
- Geneza 35:8 Alon-Bakut înseamnă Stejarul Bocetului
- Geneza 35:10 Iacov înseamnă Cel care ţine de călcâi (la figurat: Înşelător)
- Geneza 35:10 Israel înseamnă El se luptă cu Dumnezeu
- Geneza 35:11 Ebr.: El-Şadai
- Geneza 35:12 Vezi noza de la 12:7
- Geneza 35:15 Betel înseamnă Casa lui Dumnezeu
- Geneza 35:18 Ben-Oni înseamnă Fiul necazului meu
- Geneza 35:18 Beniamin înseamnă Fiul dreptei mele sau Fiul născut în sud, deosebindu-l de ceilalţi fii care s-au născut în nord; cu faţa spre răsărit, sudul se află la dreapta
Genesis 35
GOD’S WORD Translation
Jacob’s Fifth Encounter with God
35 Then God said to Jacob, “Go to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there. I am the God who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”
2 So Jacob said to his family and those who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods which you have, wash yourselves until you are ritually clean,[a] and change your clothes. 3 Then let’s go to Bethel. I will make an altar there to God, who answered me when I was troubled and who has been with me wherever I’ve gone.” 4 So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that they had in their possession as well as the earrings that they had on. Jacob buried these things under the oak tree near Shechem.
5 As they moved on, God made the people of the cities that were all around them terrified so that no one pursued them. 6 Jacob and all the people who were with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan. 7 He built an altar there and called that place El Bethel [God of the House of God]. That’s where God had revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his brother. 8 Rebekah’s nurse Deborah died and was buried under the oak tree outside Bethel. So Jacob called it the Tree of Crying.
Jacob’s Sixth Encounter with God—His Name Changed to Israel
9 Then God appeared once more to Jacob after he came back from Paddan Aram, and he blessed him. 10 God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. You will no longer be called Jacob, but your name will be Israel.” So he named him Israel.
11 God also said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fertile, and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will come from you. 12 I will give you the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac. I will also give this land to your descendants.” 13 Then God went up from him at the place where he had spoken with him. 14 So Jacob set up a memorial, a stone marker, to mark the place where God had spoken with him. He poured a wine offering and olive oil on it. 15 Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel [House of God].
Jacob’s [Israel’s] Sons(A)
16 Then they moved on from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor and was having severe labor pains. 17 During one of her pains, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid! You’re having another son!” 18 Rachel was dying. As she took her last breath, she named her son Benoni [Son of My Sorrow], but his father named him Benjamin [Son of My Right Hand].
19 Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). 20 Then Jacob set up a stone as a marker for her grave. The same marker is at Rachel’s grave today.
21 Israel moved on again and put up his tent beyond Migdal Eder. 22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went to bed with his father’s concubine [b] Bilhah, and Israel heard about it.
Jacob had 12 sons.
23 The sons of Leah were
Jacob’s firstborn Reuben, then Simeon,
Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
24 The sons of Rachel were
Joseph and Benjamin.
25 The sons of Rachel’s slave Bilhah were
Dan and Naphtali.
26 The sons of Leah’s slave Zilpah were
Gad and Asher.
These were Jacob’s sons, who were born in Paddan Aram.
27 Jacob came home to his father Isaac to Mamre’s city, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron). Abraham and Isaac had lived there for a while. 28 Isaac was 180 years old 29 when he took his last breath and died. He joined his ancestors in death at a very old age. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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