Genesis 35
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
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.
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
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version, Copyright © Philippine Bible Society 2009.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
