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雅各回到伯特利

35  神對雅各說:“起來,上伯特利去,住在那裡;你要在那裡築一座壇給 神,就是從前你逃避你哥哥以掃的時候,向你顯現的那一位。” 雅各就對他的家人,和所有與他在一起的人說:“你們要除去你們中間外族人的神像,你們要潔淨自己,更換你們的衣服。 我們要起程,上伯特利去;我要在那裡給 神築一座祭壇,他就是在我遭患難的時候應允我的呼求,在我所行的路上與我同行的那一位。” 他們就把自己手中所有外族人的神像,和自己耳朵上的環子,都交給雅各;雅各把這些東西埋在示劍附近的橡樹底下。

他們出發了, 神使周圍的城市都非常懼怕,他們就不追趕雅各的兒子。 於是雅各和與他在一起的人,到了迦南地的路斯,就是伯特利。 他在那裡築了一座壇,就稱那地方為伊勒.伯特利,因為他逃避他哥哥的時候, 神曾經在那裡向他顯現。 利百加的乳母底波拉死了,葬在伯特利下邊的橡樹底下,所以給那棵樹起名叫亞倫.巴古。

雅各從巴旦.亞蘭回來以後, 神再次向他顯現,賜福給他。 10  神對他說:

“你的名原是雅各,

但以後不要再叫雅各,

以色列才是你的名。”

這樣, 神給他改名叫以色列。 11  神對他說:

“我是全能的 神,

你要繁衍增多,

必有一國和眾國從你而生,

又必有很多君王從你而出。

12 我賜給亞伯拉罕和以撒的地,

我要賜給你,

我也要把這地賜給你的後裔。”

13  神從與雅各談話的地方,離開他上升去了。 14 雅各就在 神與他談話的地方,立了一根石柱;在柱上澆了奠祭和油。 15 雅各給 神與他談話的地方起名叫伯特利。

拉結因難產而逝世

16 他們從伯特利起程,離以法他還有一段路程的時候,拉結產期到了;但她遇到難產。 17 她正在極辛苦的時候,接生婆對她說:“不要怕,你這次又得了一個兒子。” 18 拉結快要死了,正要斷氣的時候,她給她兒子起名叫便.俄尼;他的父親卻叫他便雅憫。 19 拉結死了,葬在通往以法他的路旁。以法他就是伯利恆。 20 雅各在她的墳墓上立了一根柱子,就是拉結的墓碑,到今天還在。 21 以色列又起程前行,在以得臺那邊支搭了帳棚。

以色列的眾子(A)

22 以色列在那地居住的時候,流本竟去與他父親的妾辟拉同睡;這事以色列也聽見了。雅各共有十二個兒子。 23 利亞的兒子有:雅各的長子流本,以及西緬、利未、猶大、以薩迦和西布倫。 24 拉結的兒子有:約瑟和便雅憫。 25 拉結的婢女辟拉的兒子有:但和拿弗他利。 26 利亞的婢女悉帕的兒子有:迦得和亞設。這些都是雅各在巴旦.亞蘭所生的兒子。 27 雅各來到基列.亞巴的幔利他父親以撒那裡,基列.亞巴就是希伯崙,是亞伯拉罕和以撒寄居過的地方。

以撒逝世

28 以撒一生的年日共一百八十歲。 29 以撒年紀老邁,享盡天年,就氣絕而死,歸到他的親族那裡去了;他兒子以掃和雅各把他葬了。

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.” 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. 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.” 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.

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. 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, 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. And (K)Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.[b]

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

  1. Genesis 35:7 El-bethel means God of Bethel
  2. Genesis 35:8 Allon-bacuth means oak of weeping
  3. Genesis 35:9 Or had appeared
  4. Genesis 35:11 Hebrew El Shaddai
  5. Genesis 35:11 Hebrew from your loins
  6. Genesis 35:16 Or about two hours' distance
  7. Genesis 35:18 Ben-oni could mean son of my sorrow, or son of my strength
  8. Genesis 35:18 Benjamin means son of the right hand