1Potom Bůh Jákobovi řekl: „Vstaň a vydej se vzhůru do Bet-elu. Bydli tam a postav tam oltář Bohu, jenž se ti ukázal, když jsi utíkal před svým bratrem Ezauem.“2Jákob tedy řekl své rodině a všem, kdo byli s ním: „Zbavte se cizích bohů, jež máte u sebe, očistěte se a převlečte si šaty!3Potom vstaňme a pojďme vzhůru do Bet-elu. Tam postavím oltář Bohu, jenž mě vyslyšel v den mé úzkosti a byl se mnou na cestě, kterou jsem šel.“4Odevzdali tedy Jákobovi všechny cizí bohy, které měli při sobě, i náušnice, jež nosili v uších, a Jákob je zakopal pod tím dubem, který stál u Šechemu.5Potom táhli dál. Boží hrůza padla na města kolem nich, a tak Jákobovi synové nebyli pronásledováni.6Jákob tenkrát přišel do Luzu (to jest do Bet-elu) v kanaánské zemi – on i všichni, kdo byli s ním –7a postavil tam oltář. Nazval to místo El-betel, Bůh Bet-elu, neboť tam se mu ukázal Bůh, když utíkal před svým bratrem.8Tehdy zemřela Rebečina chůva Debora a byla pochována pod oním dubem u Bet-elu. Proto se mu říká Alon-bachut, Dub nářků.9Jákobovi se na jeho cestě z Padan-aramu znovu ukázal Bůh a požehnal mu.10Bůh mu řekl: „Jmenuješ se Jákob; tvé jméno však už nebude znít Jákob, ale budeš se jmenovat Izrael.“[1] A tak se mu říká Izrael.11Bůh mu řekl: „Já jsem Všemohoucí Bůh. Ploď se a množ se, a bude z tebe národ, dokonce svazek národů; i králové vyjdou z tvých beder.12Zem, kterou jsem dal Abrahamovi a Izákovi, dám tobě; i tvému budoucímu semeni dám tuto zem.“13Na místě, kde k němu mluvil, se pak od něj Bůh vznesl.14Jákob tedy na místě, kde k němu mluvil, postavil památník, totiž kamenný sloup, vykonal na něm úlitbu a polil jej olejem.15Jákob to místo, kde k němu Bůh mluvil, nazval Bet-el, Boží dům.16Potom z Bet-elu táhli dál. Když už byli nedaleko Efraty, začala Ráchel rodit a měla těžký porod.17V nejtěžší chvíli jí porodní bába řekla: „Neboj se, i tentokrát budeš mít syna!“18A když ji opouštěl život (neboť umírala), dala dítěti jméno Ben-oní, Syn mé bolesti. Jeho otec ho však pojmenoval Benjamín, Syn pravice.19Ráchel zemřela a byla pohřbena na cestě k Efratě (což je Betlém).20Jákob pak nad jejím hrobem postavil památný kámen (a ten sloup je na hrobě Ráchel až dodnes).21Izrael táhl dál a vztyčil svůj stan za Migdal-ederem.22A když se Izrael zdržoval v tom kraji, stalo se, že Ruben šel a spal s Bilhou, družkou svého otce, a Izrael se o tom doslechl. Jákob měl dvanáct synů.23Synové Léy: Ruben, Jákobův prvorozený, Šimeon, Levi, Juda, Isachar a Zabulon.24Synové Ráchel: Josef a Benjamín.25Synové Bilhy, Rácheliny otrokyně: Dan a Neftalí.26Synové Zilpy, Léiny otrokyně: Gád a Ašer. To jsou Jákobovi synové, kteří se mu narodili v Padan-aramu.27Tak přišel Jákob ke svému otci Izákovi do Mamre v Kiriat-arbě (což je Hebron), kde pobýval Abraham i Izák.28Izák se dožil 180 let.29Stár a spokojen se životem pak Izák vydechl naposled a byl připojen ke svému lidu. Pochovali ho jeho synové Ezau a Jákob.
1God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” (Gn 27,43; Gn 28,19)2So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments. (Gn 18,19; Gn 31,19; Ex 19,10; Jz 24,15; Jz 24,23; 1S 7,3)3Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.” (Gn 28,20; Gn 31,3; Gn 32,7; Gn 32,24)4So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree that was near Shechem. (Jz 24,26; Sd 9,6)5And 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.6And Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him, (Gn 28,19)7and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel,[1] because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother. (Gn 35,1)8And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.[2] (Gn 24,59)9God appeared[3] to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.10And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel. (Gn 17,5; Gn 17,15; Gn 32,28)11And God said to him, “I am God Almighty:[4] be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.[5] (Gn 17,1; Gn 17,5; Gn 17,16; Gn 26,4; Gn 28,3; Gn 48,4)12The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.” (Gn 12,7; Gn 13,15; Gn 17,8; Gn 26,3; Gn 28,13)13Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him. (Gn 17,22)14And Jacob 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. (Gn 28,18; Gn 31,45)15So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel. (Gn 28,19)
The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac
16Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance[6] from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor.17And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for you have another son.” (Gn 30,24)18And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni;[7] but his father called him Benjamin.[8] (L 1,59)19So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem), (Gn 48,7; Rt 1,2; Rt 4,11; Mi 5,2; Mt 2,6; Mt 2,16)20and Jacob set up a pillar over her tomb. It is the pillar of Rachel’s tomb, which is there to this day. (1S 10,2; 2S 18,18)21Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.22While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine. And Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. (Gn 49,4; 2S 16,22; 2S 20,3; 1Pa 5,1; 1K 5,1)23The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. (Gn 46,8; Ex 1,2)24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.25The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant: Dan and Naphtali.26The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.27And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned. (Gn 13,18; Gn 23,2; Gn 23,19; Jz 14,15; Jz 15,13)28Now the days of Isaac were 180 years.29And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. (Gn 15,15; Gn 25,8; Gn 25,9; Gn 49,31)