القراءة بلغتين

ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِيَعْقوب: «قُمْ فٱصعَدْ إِلى بَيتَ إيل وأَقِمْ هُناكَ وٱصنَعْ هُناكَ مَذبَحًا للهِ الَّذي تَراءى لَكَ عِندَ هَرَبِكَ مِن وَجْهِ عيسو أَخيك»

فقالَ يَعْقوبُ لِأَهْلِهِ وسائِرِ مَن معَه: «أَزيلوا الآلِهَةَ الغَريبةَ الَّتي في وَسْطِكم وٱطَّهِروا وأَبدِلوا ثِيابَكم

وهَلُمُّوا نَصعَدُ إِلى بَيتَ إِيل وأَصنَعُ هُناكَ مَذبَحًا للهِ الَّذي ٱستَجابَني في يَومِ شِدَّتي وكانَ معي في الطَّريقِ الَّذي سَلَكتُه»

فسلَّموا إِلى يَعْقوبَ جَميعَ الآلِهَةِ الغَريبةِ الَّتي عِندَهم والحَلَقاتِ الَّتي في آذانِهم، فطَمَرَها يَعْقوبُ تَحتَ البَلُّوطَةِ الَّتي عِندَ شَكيم

ثُمَّ رَحَلوا، فحَلَّ رُعْبُ اللهِ على المُدُنِ الَّتي حَولَهم فلم يُطارِدْ أَهلُها بَني يَعْقوب

وجاءَ يَعْقوبُ إِلى لُوزَ الَّتي في أَرضِ كَنْعان (وهي بَيتَ إِيل) هو وجَميعُ القَومِ الَّذينَ معه

وبَنى هُناكَ مَذبَحًا ودَعا المكانَ إِلٰهَ بَيتَ إيل، لِأَنَّه هُناكَ تَجَلَّى لَهُ اللهُ حينَ هَرَبَ مِن وَجهِ أَخيه

وماتَت دَبورةُ، مُرضِعَةُ رِفقَة، فدُفِنَت أسفَلَ بَيتَ إِيلَ تَحتَ البَلُّوطة، فسُمِّيَ المَكانُ بَلُّوطةَ البُكاء

وتَراءى اللهُ لِيَعْقوبَ أَيضًا، بَعدَما رَجَعَ مِن فَدَّانَ أَرام، فبارَكَه

وقالَ لَه الله: «اِسمُكَ يَعْقوب، لَن تُسَمَّى بَعدَ اليومِ يَعْقوب، بل إِسرائيلَ يَكونُ ٱسمُكَ»، فسَمَّاه إِسْرائيل

وقالَ لَه الله: «أَنا اللهُ القَدير. إِنْمِ وٱكثُرْ. أُمَّةٌ وجُمْهورُ أُمَمٍ تَخرُجُ مِنكَ، ومُلوكٌ مِن صُلْبِكَ يَخرُجون

والأَرضُ الَّتي أَعْطَيتُها لإِبْراهيمَ وإِسحٰق لكَ أُعْطيها، ولِنَسلِكَ مِن بَعدِكَ أُعْطي الأَرض»

ثُمَّ ارتَفَعَ اللهُ عنه في المَكانِ الَّذي خاطَبَه فيه

فنَصَبَ يَعْقوبُ في المَكانِ الَّذي خاطَبَه فيه نُصُبًا مِن حَجَر وسَكَبَ يَعْقوبُ عليه سَكيبًا وصَبَّ علَيه زَيتًا

وسَمَّى يَعْقوبُ ذٰلكَ المَكانَ الَّذي خاطَبَه اللهُ فيه بَيتَ إِيل

ثُمَّ رَحَلوا مِن بَيتَ إِيل. وبَينَما هم على مسافةٍ مِن أَفْراتة، وَلَدَت راحيل وعَسُرَت وِلادَتُها

فلَمَّا عَسُرَت وِلادَتُها، قالَت لَها القابِلة: «لا تَخافي، فإِنَّ هٰذا أَيضًا ٱبنٌ لَكِ»

وكانَ قَبلَ أَن تَفيضَ نَفسُها، لِأَنَّها ماتَت، قد سَمَّته «بِن أُوني»، وأَمَّا أبوه فسَمَّاه بَنْيامين

وماتَت راحيل ودُفِنَت في طريقِ أَفْراتة (وهي بَيتَ لَحم)

ونَصَبَ يَعْقوبُ نُصُبًا على قَبرِها، وهو نُصُبُ قَبرِ راحيلَ إِلى اليَوم

ثُمَّ رَحَلَ إِسْرائيل ونَصَبَ خَيمَتَه وراءَ مِجدَل عيدِر

وحَدَثَ، إِذ كانَ إِسْرائيلُ ساكِنًا في تلكَ الأَرض، أَنَّ رأُوبينَ ذَهَبَ فضاجَعَ بِلْهَةَ، سُرِّيَّةَ أَبيه. فسَمِعَ بِذٰلك إِسْرائيل

وكانَ بنو يَعْقوبَ ٱثنَي عَشَر. بَنو لَيئَة: رَأُوبين، بِكرُ يَعْقوب، وشِمْعون ولاوي ويَهوذا ويَسَّاكَر وزَبولون

وبَنو راحيل: يوسُف وبَنْيامين

وبنو بِلْهَةَ، خادِمةِ راحيل: دان ونَفْتالي

وبَنو زِلْفَة، خادِمَةِ لَيئَة: جاد وأَشير. هٰؤُلاءِ بَنو يَعْقوبَ الَّذينَ وُلِدوا لَه في فَدَّانَ أَرام

وقَدِمَ يَعْقوبُ على إِسْحٰقَ أَبيه في مَمْرا، في قِريَةَ أَرْبَع (وهي حَبْرون)، حَيثُ نَزَلَ إِبْراهيمُ وإِسْحٰق

وكانَ عُمْرُ إِسْحٰقَ مِئَةً وثَمانينَ سَنَة

وفاضَت رُوحُ إِسْحٰقَ ومات، وٱنضَمَّ إِلى أَجْدادِهِ شَيخًا قد شَبِعَ مِنَ الحَياة. ودَفَنَه ٱبناه عيسو ويَعْقوب

God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments.

Let’s arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.”

They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob.

So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.

God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.

God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel.” He named him Israel.

God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.

The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your offspring after you I will give the land.”

God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.

Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.

Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel”.

They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.

When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”

As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.

Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).

Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.

Israel traveled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

While 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.

The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.

The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.

The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.

Isaac gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.