1 Gud sa til Jakob: «Gå nå opp til Betel og bosett deg der. Reis et alter der til Gud som viste seg for deg da du flyktet fra din bror Esau.»

And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

2 Da sa Jakob til hele sitt folk: «Legg bort de fremmede gudene som er blant dere, rens dere, og skift klær.

Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:

3 La oss dra opp til Betel, der skal jeg reise et alter til Gud som svarte meg på min nødens dag og som har vært med meg på veien jeg gikk.»

And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

4 Så ga de Jakob alle de fremmede gudene de hadde, og øredobbene sine; og Jakob gjemte dem under det hellige treet ved Sikem.

Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.

5 Så dro de av sted, og Guds frykt var over byene rundt omkring, så ingen angrep Jakobs sønner.

So they went on their journey: and the fear of God was on the towns round about, so that they made no attack on the sons of Jacob.

6 Jakob kom til Luz i Kanaans land (som er det samme som Betel), han og hele hans folk.

And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.

7 Der reiste han et alter og kalte stedet El-Betel, for der hadde Gud åpenbart seg for ham da han flyktet fra sin bror.

And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

8 Debora, Rebekkas amme, døde og ble gravlagt nær Betel under det hellige treet, og det fikk navnet Allon-Bakut.

And Deborah, the servant who had taken care of Rebekah from her birth, came to her end, and was put to rest near Beth-el, under the holy tree: and they gave it the name of Allon-bacuth.

9 Mens Jakob var på vei fra Paddan-Aram, viste Gud seg for ham igjen, velsignet ham,

Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,

10 og sa til ham: «Jakob er ditt navn, men du skal ikke lenger hete Jakob; Israel skal bli ditt navn.» Så fikk han navnet Israel.

Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.

11 Gud sa til ham: «Jeg er Gud, den Allmektige. Vær fruktbar og forøk deg! En nasjon, ja, mange nasjoner skal komme fra deg, og konger skal stamme fra deg.

And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;

12 Og det landet jeg ga til Abraham og Isak, vil jeg gi til deg; til din ætt etter deg vil jeg gi landet.»

And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land.

13 Og Gud forlot ham på det stedet hvor Han hadde talt med ham.

Then God went up from him in the place where he had been talking with him.

14 Jakob reiste en støtte der hvor Gud hadde talt med ham, og helte ut drikkeoffer på den og olje.

And Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.

15 Han ga stedet der Gud hadde talt med ham, navnet Betel.

And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.

16 Så dro de videre fra Betel. Da de ennå var et stykke fra Efrat, fikk Rakel veer og fødselen var vanskelig.

So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.

17 Og da smertene var som verst, sa jordmoren til henne: «Vær ikke redd, for du har enda en sønn.»

And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.

18 Men da hun ga opp ånden (for så døde hun), kalte hun gutten Ben-Oni, men faren ga ham navnet Benjamin.

And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin.

19 Så døde Rakel, og hun ble gravlagt på veien til Efrat (som er Betlehem).

So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath (which is Beth-lehem).

20 Jakob reiste en steinstøtte over hennes grav, som er Rachels gravstein til denne dag.

And Jacob put up a pillar on her resting-place; which is named, The Pillar of the resting-place of Rachel, to this day.

21 Israel dro videre og slo opp sitt telt på den andre siden av Migdal-Eder.

And Israel went journeying on and put up his tents on the other side of the tower of the flock.

22 Mens de bodde i dette landet, hadde Ruben omgang med Bilha, sin fars konkubine, og Israel fikk vite om det.

Now while they were living in that country, Reuben had connection with Bilhah, his father's servant-woman: and Israel had news of it.

23 Jakob hadde tolv sønner. Leas sønner: Ruben, Jakobs førstefødte, Simeon, Levi, Juda, Issakar og Sebulon;

Now Jacob had twelve sons: the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first son, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;

24 Rakels sønner: Josef og Benjamin;

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;

25 Bilhas sønner, Rakels tjenestekvinne: Dan og Naftali;

The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali;

26 Silpas sønner, Leas tjenestekvinne: Gad og Aser. Dette er sønnene Jakob fikk i Paddan-Aram.

The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant: Gad and Asher; these are the sons whom Jacob had in Paddan-aram.

27 Jakob kom til sin far Isak i Mamre, ved Kirjat-Arba, det som nå er Hebron, der hvor Abraham og Isak hadde bodd.

And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had been living.

28 Isak var da hundre og åtti år gammel.

And Isaac was a hundred and eighty years old.

29 Så døde Isak og ble lagt til hvile hos sitt folk, gammel og mett av dager, og Jakob og Esau begravde ham.

Then Isaac came to his end and was put to rest with his father's people, an old man after a long life: and Jacob and Esau, his sons, put him in his last resting-place.