Genesis 35
Ang Biblia, 2001
Binasbasan ng Diyos si Jacob sa Bethel
35 Sinabi(A) ng Diyos kay Jacob, “Tumayo ka, umahon ka sa Bethel, at doon ka manirahan. Gumawa ka roon ng isang dambana para sa Diyos na nagpakita sa iyo nang ikaw ay tumatakas mula sa iyong kapatid na si Esau.”
2 Kaya't sinabi ni Jacob sa kanyang sambahayan, at sa lahat niyang kasama, “Alisin ninyo ang mga banyagang diyos na nasa inyo, at maglinis kayo ng inyong sarili, at palitan ninyo ang inyong mga suot.
3 Tayo'y umahon sa Bethel; at gagawa ako roon ng dambana para sa Diyos na sumagot sa akin sa araw ng aking kabalisahan at naging kasama ko saanman ako nagtungo.”
4 Kaya ibinigay nila kay Jacob ang lahat ng mga banyagang diyos na nasa kanilang kamay at ang mga hikaw na nasa kanilang mga tainga; at itinago iyon ni Jacob sa ilalim ng punong ensina na malapit sa Shekem.
5 Habang sila'y naglalakbay, ang matinding takot sa Diyos ay dumating sa mga bayang nasa palibot nila, at hindi nila hinabol ang mga anak ni Jacob.
6 Dumating si Jacob sa Luz (na siyang Bethel), na nasa lupain ng Canaan, siya at ang lahat ng mga taong kasama niya.
7 Nagtayo siya roon ng isang dambana at tinawag niya ang lugar na iyon na El-bethel; sapagkat ang Diyos ay nagpakita sa kanya roon, nang siya'y tumakas mula sa kanyang kapatid.
8 Namatay si Debora na yaya ni Rebecca, at inilibing sa paanan ng Bethel, sa ilalim ng ensina, at ang pangalan nito ay tinawag niyang Allon-bacuth.[a]
9 Muling nagpakita ang Diyos kay Jacob nang siya'y manggaling sa Padan-aram, at siya'y pinagpala.
10 Sinabi(B) ng Diyos sa kanya, “Ang pangalan mo'y Jacob; hindi ka na tatawagin pang Jacob kundi Israel ang magiging pangalan mo.” Kaya siya ay tinawag na Israel.
11 At(C) sinabi ng Diyos sa kanya, “Ako ang Diyos na Makapangyarihan[b] sa lahat. Ikaw ay lumago at magpakarami; isang bansa at maraming mga bansa ang magmumula sa iyo, at mga hari ay magmumula sa iyo.
12 Ang lupaing ibinigay ko kina Abraham at Isaac ay ibibigay ko sa iyo at sa iyong lahi pagkamatay mo.”
13 At ang Diyos ay pumailanglang mula sa tabi niya kung saan siya ay nakipag-usap sa kanya.
14 Nagtayo(D) si Jacob ng isang haliging batong bantayog kung saan ay nakipag-usap ang Diyos sa kanya. Binuhusan niya ito ng inuming handog at ng langis.
15 Kaya't tinawag ni Jacob na Bethel ang lugar kung saan nakipag-usap sa kanya ang Diyos.
Ang Kamatayan ni Raquel
16 Sila'y naglakbay mula sa Bethel. Nang sila ay may kalayuan pa mula sa Efrata, ay manganganak na si Raquel at siya'y naghihirap sa panganganak.
17 Nang siya'y naghihirap sa panganganak, sinabi sa kanya ng hilot, “Huwag kang matakot, sapagkat magkakaroon ka ng isa pang anak na lalaki.”
18 Habang siya'y naghihingalo (sapagkat namatay siya), kanyang pinangalanan siyang Benoni;[c] subalit tinawag siyang Benjamin[d] ng kanyang ama.
19 Kaya't namatay si Raquel at inilibing sa daang patungo sa Efrata, na siyang Bethlehem.
20 Nagtayo si Jacob ng isang haligi sa ibabaw ng kanyang libingan na siyang haligi ng libingan ni Raquel hanggang ngayon.
21 Naglakbay pa si Israel at itinayo ang kanyang tolda sa dako pa roon ng tore ng Eder.
Ang mga Anak ni Jacob(E)
22 Samantalang(F) naninirahan si Israel sa lupaing iyon, si Ruben ay humayo at sumiping kay Bilha na asawang-lingkod ng kanyang ama at ito'y nabalitaan ni Israel. Labindalawa nga ang anak na lalaki ni Jacob.
23 Ang mga anak ni Lea: si Ruben na panganay ni Jacob, at sina Simeon, Levi, Juda, Isacar, at si Zebulon.
24 Ang mga anak ni Raquel: sina Jose at si Benjamin;
25 at ang mga anak ni Bilha, na alila ni Raquel: sina Dan at Neftali;
26 at ang mga anak ni Zilpa na alilang babae ni Lea: sina Gad at Aser. Ito ang mga anak ni Jacob na ipinanganak sa kanya sa Padan-aram.
Ang Kamatayan ni Isaac
27 At(G) pumunta si Jacob kay Isaac na kanyang ama sa Mamre, sa Kiryat-arba (na siyang Hebron), kung saan tumira sina Abraham at Isaac.
28 Ang mga naging araw ni Isaac ay isandaan at walumpung taon.
29 Nalagot ang hininga ni Isaac at namatay; at siya'y naging kasama ng kanyang bayan, matanda na at puspos ng mga araw. Inilibing siya ng kanyang mga anak na sina Esau at Jacob.
Footnotes
- Genesis 35:8 Ang kahulugan ay Punungkahoy ng pagtangis .
- Genesis 35:11 Sa Hebreo ay El-Shaddai .
- Genesis 35:18 Sa Hebreo ay Anak sa aking kalungkutan .
- Genesis 35:18 Sa Hebreo ay Anak ng kanang kamay .
Genesis 35
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 35
Jacob Returns to Bethel.[a] 1 God said to Jacob, “Rise up, go to Bethel, and live there. Build an altar to the God who appeared to you when you fled from Esau, your brother, in that place.”
2 Jacob said to his family and to those who were with him, “Throw away the foreign gods that you have with you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes. 3 Let us arise and go to Bethel where I will build an altar to the God who delivered me at the time of my distress and who has been with me along the way that I have traveled.” 4 They gave Jacob all the foreign gods in their possession and the earrings they had in their ears. Jacob left them under the oak near Shechem. 5 They then journeyed on, and a great terror came upon the people who lived in that area, so they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
6 Jacob and all the people who were with him arrived in Luz, that is, Bethel, which is in the land of Canaan. 7 Here he built an altar and called the place El-Bethel, because God had revealed himself there, when he had fled from his brother.
8 Deborah, the nurse of Rebekah, died there, and she was buried below Bethel, beneath an oak. This is why that place is called the Weeping Oak.
9 God appeared another time to Jacob, when he returned from Paddan-aram, and he blessed him. 10 God said to him,
“Your name is Jacob.
You shall no longer be called Jacob,
but Israel shall be your name.”
Thus, he was called Israel.
11 God said to him,
“I am God Almighty.
Be fruitful and become numerous.
People and assemblies of people shall come from you.
Kings shall come forth from your loins.
12 The country that I have given to Abraham and Isaac
I will give to you;
and to your descendants after you
I will give this land.”
13 Then God departed from him, in the place where he had spoken to him.
14 Jacob erected a pillar where God had spoken to him, a stone pillar upon which he poured a libation of oil. 15 Jacob called the place where God had spoken to him Bethel.
16 Jacob Endures Painful Times.[b] They then departed from Bethel. They were a short distance outside of Ephrath when Rachel went into labor and she suffered great distress. 17 When her pains were most severe, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for it is another son!” 18 With her last breath, for she was dying, she called him Ben-oni,[c] the son of my sorrow, but his father called him Benjamin.
19 Rachel died and was buried on the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem. 20 Jacob erected a pillar on the tomb. That monument to Rachel can be seen to this day.
21 Israel moved on and pitched his tent on the other side of Migdal-eder. 22 While Israel lived in that country, Reuben slept with Bilhah, the concubine of his father, and Israel came to know about it.
The Twelve Sons of Jacob.[d] Jacob had twelve sons.
23 The sons of Leah:
Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn,
Simeon, Levi, Judah,
Issachar and Zebulun.
24 The sons of Rachel:
Joseph and Benjamin.
25 The sons of Bilhah, the slave of Rachel:
Dan and Naphtali.
26 The sons of Zilpah, the slave of Leah:
Gad and Asher.
These were the sons of Jacob who were born in Paddan-aram.
27 Death of Isaac.[e] Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba, that is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned. 28 Isaac lived for one hundred and eighty years. 29 Isaac then breathed his last. He died and was reunited with his people at a ripe old age. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Footnotes
- Genesis 35:1 The Patriarch seems to be fleeing a threat of reprisal by the Shechemites (v. 5). Possibly he is also making a pilgrimage to his origins. In any case, this return to Bethel takes on a religious meaning: it is there that the Lord revealed himself to Jacob and there that he renewed his promises. The Patriarch and his family cleanse themselves and give up their pagan practices to affirm their faith in the one God to whom they wish to render homage; the Lord brooks no rivals in human hearts. This constitutes a first stable establishment of the People of God in the Holy Land.
- Genesis 35:16 Rachel, Jacob’s preferred wife, dies while giving birth to a son; later, he learns that his eldest son Reuben has committed a grave outrage against him. Thus, Jacob continues to expiate his sin.
- Genesis 35:18 Ben-oni means “Son of my sorrow.” Jacob changes it to Benjamin, “Son of the right hand,” that is, of good omen. This time, the popular etymology agrees with the scientific. But originally the name “son of the right hand” seems to have been inspired by geography: the right hand is the south, because the Semites oriented themselves by looking eastward to where the sun rises; therefore “Benjamin” means “son of the south.”
- Genesis 35:22 Jacob’s twelve sons represent all the chosen people born of Abraham now established in the Holy Land. This list will be found frequently in the Bible.
- Genesis 35:27 The aged and taciturn Isaac seemed close to death when he blessed Jacob to the detriment of Esau (ch. 27). Here the Priestly tradition reports his death later and seems to know nothing about the rivalry between the two brothers.

