Genesis 35

vayyomer elohim el-ya'aqov qum aleh vet-el veshev-sham va'aseh-sham mizbeakh la'el hannireh elekha bevorkhakha mippene esav akhikha

God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and remain there; and build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”

vayyomer ya'aqov el-beto ve'el kol-asher immo hasiru et-elohe hannekhar asher betokhekhem vehittaharu vehakhalifu simlotekhem

So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Rid yourselves of the alien gods in your midst, purify yourselves, and change your clothes.

venaqumah vena'aleh bet-el ve'e'eseh-sham mizbeakh la'el ha'oneh oti beyom tsarati vayehi immadi badderekh asher halakheti

Come, let us go up to Bethel, and I will build an altar there to the God who answered me when I was in distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.”

vayyittenu el-ya'aqov et kol-elohe hannekhar asher beyadam ve'et-hannezamim asher be'oznehem vayyitmon otam ya'aqov takhat ha'elah asher im-shekhem

They gave to Jacob all the alien gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the terebinth that was near Shechem.

vayyissa'u vayehi khittat elohim al-he'arim asher sevivotehem velo radefu akhare bene ya'aqov

As they set out, a terror from God fell on the cities round about, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

vayyavo ya'aqov luzah asher be'erets kena'an hiv bet-el hu vekhol-ha'am asher-immo

Thus Jacob came to Luz—that is, Bethel—in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

vayyiven sham mizbeakh vayyiqra lammaqom el bet-el ki sham niglu elayw ha'elohim bevorkho mippene akhiv

There he built an altar and named the site El-bethel, for it was there that God had been revealed to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

vattamot devorah meneqet rivqah vattiqqaver mittakhat levet-el takhat ha'allon vayyiqra shemo allon bakhut

Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and was buried under the oak below Bethel; so it was named Allon-bacuth.

vayyera elohim el-ya'aqov od bevo'o mippaddan aram vayevarekh oto

God appeared again to Jacob on his arrival from Paddan-aram. God blessed him,

vayyomer-lo elohim shimkha ya'aqov lo-yiqqare shimkha od ya'aqov ki im-yisra'el yihyeh shemekha vayyiqra et-shemo yisra'el

saying to him, “You whose name is Jacob, You shall be called Jacob no more, But Israel shall be your name.” Thus he was named Israel.

vayyomer lo elohim ani el shadday pereh ureveh goy uqehal goyim yihyeh mimmekka umelakhim mekhalatsekha yetse'u

And God said to him, “I am El Shaddai. Be fertile and increase; A nation, yea an assembly of nations, Shall descend from you. Kings shall issue from your loins.

ve'et-ha'arets asher natatti le'avraham uleyitskhaq lekha ettenennah ulezarakha akharekha etten et-ha'arets

The land that I assigned to Abraham and Isaac I assign to you; And to your offspring to come Will I assign the land.”

vayya'al me'alayw elohim bammaqom asher-dibber itto

God parted from him at the spot where he had been addressed;

vayyatsev ya'aqov matsevah bammaqom asher-dibber itto matsevet aven vayyassekh aleha nesekh vayyitsoq aleha shamen

and Jacob set up a pillar at the site where he had been addressed, a pillar of stone, and he offered a libation on it and poured oil upon it.

vayyiqra ya'aqov et-shem hammaqom asher dibber itto sham elohim bet-el

Jacob gave the site, where God had spoken to him, the name of Bethel.

vayyisu mibbet el vayehi-od kivrat-ha'arets lavo efratah vatteled rakhel vatteqash belidtah

They set out from Bethel; but when they were still some distance short of Ephrath, Rachel was in childbirth, and she had hard labor.

vayehi vehaqshotah belidtah vattomer lah hameyalledet al-tire'i ki-gam-zeh lakh ben

When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Have no fear, for it is another boy for you.”

vayehi betset nafshah ki metah vattiqra shemo ben-oni ve'aviv qara-lo vinyamin

But as she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.

vattamot rakhel vattiqqaver bederekh efratah hiv bet lakhem

Thus Rachel died. She was buried on the road to Ephrath—now Bethlehem.

vayyatsev ya'aqov matsevah al-qevuratah hiv matsevet qevurat-rakhel ad-hayyom

Over her grave Jacob set up a pillar; it is the pillar at Rachel’s grave to this day.

vayyissa yisra'el vayyet oholoh mehale'ah lemigdal-eder

Israel journeyed on, and pitched his tent beyond Migdal-eder.

vayehi bishkon yisra'el ba'arets hahiv vayyelekh re'uven vayyishkav et-bilhah pilegesh aviv vayyishma yisra'e͏l vayyihyu vene-ya'aqov shenem asar

While Israel stayed in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine; and Israel found out. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve in number.

bene le'ah bekhor ya'aqov re'uven veshimon velevi vihudah veyissashkhar uzevulun

The sons of Leah: Reuben—Jacob’s first-born—Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

bene rakhel yosef uvinyamin

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

uvene vilhah shifkhat rakhel dan venaftali

The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid: Dan and Naphtali.

uvene zilpah shifkhat le'ah gad ve'asher elleh bene ya'aqov asher yullad-lo befaddan aram

And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

vayyavo ya'aqov el-yitskhaq aviv mamre qiryat ha'arba hiv khevron asher-gar-sham avraham veyitskhaq

And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba—now Hebron—where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.

vayyihyu yeme yitskhaq me'at shanah ushemonim shanah

Isaac was a hundred and eighty years old

vayyigva yitskhaq vayyamot vayye'asef el-ammayw zaqen useva yamim vayyiqberu oto esav veya'aqov banayw

when he breathed his last and died. He was gathered to his kin in ripe old age; and he was buried by his sons Esau and Jacob.