Yaratılış 35

¹Tanrı Yakup’a, “Kalk, Beytel denilen yere git, orada yerleş ve orada, kardeşin Esav’ın önünden kaçtığın sırada sana görünmüş olan Tanrı’ya bir sunak yap” dedi.

²Bunun üzerine Yakup, ev halkına ve yanındaki herkes için şöyle dedi: “Aranızdaki yabancı ilahları uzaklaştırın, kendinizi arındırıp temizleyin ve giysilerinizi değiştirin.

³Kalkalım, Beytel’e gidelim; sıkıntı günümde beni duyan, gittiğim yolda benimle olan ve beni kurtaran Tanrı’ya orada bir sunak yapalım.”

⁴Böylece ellerindeki bütün yabancı ilahları ve kulaklarındaki küpeleri Yakup’a verdiler; Yakup da bunları Şekem yakınlarındaki terebinth ağacının altına gömdü ve onlar bugüne dek yok edildiler.

⁵İsrail Şekem’den göç etti; çevre kentlerin üzerine Tanrı korkusu düştü ve İsrail oğullarının peşine düşmediler.

⁶Yakup ve yanındaki bütün halk, Kenan diyarında bulunan Luz’a, yani Beytel’e geldi.

⁷Orada bir sunak yaptı ve o yerin adını Beytel koydu; çünkü kardeşinin önünden kaçtığı zaman Tanrı kendisine orada görünmüştü.

⁸Rebeka’nın dadısı Debora öldü ve Beytel’in aşağısındaki meşe ağacının altına gömüldü; Yakup bu ağacın adını Yas Meşesi koydu.

⁹Yakup Suriye Mezopotamya’sından döndüğünde, Tanrı ona Luz’da bir kez daha göründü ve onu kutsadı.

¹⁰Tanrı ona, “Adın artık Yakup çağrılmayacak, aksine adın İsrail olacak” dedi ve onun adını İsrail koydu.

¹¹Tanrı ona, “Ben senin Tanrınım; büyü ve çoğal” dedi, “Senden bir ulus ve uluslar topluluğu türeyecek, senin soyundan krallar çıkacak.

¹²İbrahim’e ve İshak’a verdiğim toprağı sana veriyorum; bu toprağı senden sonra senin soyuna da vereceğim.”

¹³Tanrı, onunla konuştuğu o yerden, onun yanından yukarı yükseldi.

¹⁴Yakup, Tanrı’nın kendisiyle konuştuğu yere taştan bir anıt dikti; üzerine sıvı sunusu döktü ve zeytinyağı akıttı.

¹⁵Yakup, Tanrı’nın kendisiyle konuştuğu o yerin adını Beytel koydu.

¹⁶Yakup Beytel’den göç etti ve çadırını Gader Kulesi’nin ötesine kurdu. Efrata’ya varmak üzere Habrata’ya yaklaştıklarında, Rahel doğum yaptı ve doğum yaparken çok zorlandı.

¹⁷O zorlukla doğururken ebe ona, “Korkma, çünkü bu da senin için bir oğuldur” dedi.

¹⁸Rahel canını teslim ederken –çünkü ölmek üzereydi– çocuğun adını “Acımın Oğlu” koydu; babası ise ona Benyamin adını verdi.

¹⁹Rahel öldü ve Efrata –yani Beytüllahim– hipodrom yolunda gömüldü.

²⁰Yakup onun mezarı üzerine bir anıt dikti; bu anıt bugüne dek Rahel’in mezar anıtıdır.

²¹İsrail o ülkede yaşarken, Ruben gidip babası Yakup’un cariyesi Balla ile yattı; İsrail bunu duydu ve bu durum onun gözünde çok kötü göründü.

²²Yakup’un on iki oğlu vardı.

²³Lea’nın oğulları: Yakup’un ilk doğanı Ruben, Şimon, Levi, Yahuda, İssakar, Zevulun.

²⁴Rahel’in oğulları: Yusuf ve Benyamin.

²⁵Rahel’in hizmetçisi Balla’nın oğulları: Dan ve Naftali.

²⁶Lea’nın hizmetçisi Zilpa’nın oğulları: Gad ve Aşer. Bunlar, Suriye Mezopotamya’sında Yakup’un doğan oğullarıdır.

²⁷Yakup, babası İshak’ın yanına, Kenan diyarında İbrahim ile İshak’ın yabancı olarak yaşadığı Mamre’ye, yani ovanın kentine (Hebron’a) geldi.

²⁸İshak’ın yaşadığı ömür yüz seksen yıldı.

²⁹İshak yaşlanıp günlere doyarak son nefesini verdi, öldü ve halkına katıldı; oğulları Esav ile Yakup onu gömdüler.

¹ΕΙΠΕ δὲ ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς ᾿Ιακώβ· ἀναστὰς ἀνάβηθι εἰς τὸν τόπον Βαιθὴλ καὶ οἴκει ἐκεῖ καὶ ποίησον ἐκεῖ θυσιαστήριον τῷ Θεῷ τῷ ὀφθέντι σοι ἐν τῷ ἀποδιδράσκειν σε ἀπὸ προσώπου ῾Ησαῦ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου.

²εἶπε δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ· ἄρατε τοὺς θεοὺς τοὺς ἀλλοτρίους τοὺς μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν ἐκ μέσου ὑμῶν καὶ καθαρίσθητε καὶ ἀλλάξατε τὰς στολὰς ὑμῶν,

³καὶ ἀναστάντες ἀναβῶμεν εἰς Βαιθὴλ καὶ ποιήσωμεν ἐκεῖ θυσιαστήριον τῷ Θεῷ τῷ ἐπακούσαντί μου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεως, ὃς ἦν μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ καὶ διέσωσέ με ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, ᾗ ἐπορεύθην.

⁴καὶ ἔδωκαν τῷ ᾿Ιακὼβ τοὺς θεοὺς τοὺς ἀλλοτρίους, οἳ ἦσαν ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ ἐνώτια τὰ ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶν αὐτῶν, καὶ κατέκρυψεν αὐτὰ ᾿Ιακὼβ ὑπὸ τὴν τερέβινθον τὴν ἐν Σικίμοις καὶ ἀπώλεσαν αὐτὰ ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας.

⁵καὶ ἐξῇρεν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐκ Σικίμων, καὶ ἐγένετο φόβος Θεοῦ ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις τὰς κύκλῳ αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ κατεδίωξαν ὀπίσω τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ.

⁶ἦλθε δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ εἰς Λουζά, ἥ ἐστιν ἐν γῇ Χαναάν, ἥ ἐστι Βαιθήλ, αὐτὸς καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαός, ὃς ἦν μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

⁷καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ θυσιαστήριον καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου Βαιθήλ. ἐκεῖ γὰρ ἐφάνη αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς ἐν τῷ ἀποδιδράσκειν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ προσώπου ῾Ησαῦ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ.

⁸ἀπέθανε δὲ Δεβῶρα ἡ τροφὸς Ρεβέκκας καὶ ἐτάφη κατώτερον Βαιθὴλ ὑπὸ τὴν βάλανον, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ᾿Ιακὼβ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς Βάλανος πένθους.

⁹῎Ωφθη δὲ ὁ Θεὸς τῷ ᾿Ιακὼβ ἔτι ἐν Λουζᾷ, ὅτε παρεγένετο ἐκ Μεσοποταμίας τῆς Συρίας, καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν ὁ Θεός.

¹⁰καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεός· τὸ ὄνομά σου οὐ κληθήσεται ἔτι ᾿Ιακώβ, ἀλλ᾿ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἔσται τὸ ὄνομά σου. καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹¹εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Θεός· ἐγὼ ὁ Θεός σου· αὐξάνου καὶ πληθύνου· ἔθνη καὶ συναγωγαὶ ἐθνῶν ἔσονται ἐκ σοῦ, καὶ βασιλεῖς ἐκ τῆς ὀσφύος σου ἐξελεύσονται.

¹²καὶ τὴν γῆν, ἣν ἔδωκα ῾Αβραὰμ καὶ ᾿Ισαάκ, σοὶ δέδωκα αὐτήν· σοὶ ἔσται, καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου μετὰ σὲ δώσω τὴν γῆν ταύτην.

¹³ἀνέβη δὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ τόπου, οὗ ἐλάλησε μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

¹⁴καὶ ἔστησεν ᾿Ιακὼβ στήλην ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, ᾧ ἐλάλησε μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ὁ Θεός, στήλην λιθίνην, καὶ ἔσπεισεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτὴν σπονδὴν καὶ ἐπέχεεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτὴν ἔλαιον.

¹⁵καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ᾿Ιακὼβ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου, ἐν ᾧ ἐλάλησε μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ ὁ Θεός, Βαιθήλ.

¹⁶᾿Απάρας δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ ἐκ Βαιθήλ, ἔπηξε τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ πύργου Γαδέρ. ἐγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα ἤγγισεν εἰς Χαβραθὰ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὴν ᾿Εφραθᾶ, ἔτεκε Ραχὴλ καὶ ἐδυστόκησεν ἐν τῷ τοκετῷ.

¹⁷ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ σκληρῶς αὐτὴν τίκτειν, εἶπεν αὐτῇ ἡ μαῖα· θάρσει, καὶ γὰρ οὗτός σοί ἐστιν υἱός.

¹⁸ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ ἀφιέναι αὐτὴν τὴν ψυχήν, ἀπέθνησκε γάρ, ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Υἱὸς ὀδύνης μου· ὁ δὲ πατὴρ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Βενιαμίν.

¹⁹ἀπέθανε δὲ Ραχὴλ καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου ᾿Εφραθᾶ (αὕτη ἐστὶ Βηθλεέμ).

²⁰καὶ ἔστησεν ᾿Ιακὼβ στήλην ἐπὶ τοῦ μνημείου αὐτῆς· αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ στήλη ἐπὶ τοῦ μνημείου Ραχὴλ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.

²¹ἐγένετο δέ ἡνίκα κατῴκησεν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν τῇ γῇ ἐκείνῃ, ἐπορεύθη Ρουβὴν καὶ ἐκοιμήθη μετὰ Βαλλᾶς τῆς παλλακῆς τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ᾿Ιακώβ· καὶ ἤκουσεν ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ πονηρὸν ἐφάνη ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.

²²῏Ησαν δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ιακὼβ δώδεκα.

²³υἱοὶ Λείας· πρωτότοκος ᾿Ιακὼβ Ρουβήν, Συμεών, Λευί, ᾿Ιούδας, ᾿Ισσάχαρ, Ζαβουλών.

²⁴υἱοὶ δὲ Ραχήλ· ᾿Ιωσὴφ καὶ Βενιαμίν.

²⁵υἱοὶ δὲ Βαλλᾶς παιδίσκης Ραχήλ· Δὰν καὶ Νεφθαλείμ.

²⁶υἱοὶ δὲ Ζελφᾶς παιδίσκης Λείας· Γὰδ καὶ ᾿Ασήρ. οὗτοι υἱοὶ ᾿Ιακώβ, οἳ ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ ἐν Μεσοποταμίᾳ τῆς Συρίας.

²⁷῏Ηλθε δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ πρὸς ᾿Ισαὰκ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ εἰς Μαμβρῆ, εἰς πόλιν τοῦ πεδίου (αὕτη ἐστὶ Χεβρών) ἐν γῇ Χαναάν, οὗ παρῴκησεν ῾Αβραὰμ καὶ ᾿Ισαάκ.

²⁸ἐγένοντο δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι ᾿Ισαάκ, ἃς ἔζησεν, ἔτη ἑκατὸν ὀγδοήκοντα,

²⁹καὶ ἐκλείπων ᾿Ισαὰκ ἀπέθανε καὶ προσετέθη πρὸς τὸ γένος αὐτοῦ πρεσβύτερος καὶ πλήρης ἡμερῶν, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ῾Ησαῦ καὶ ᾿Ιακὼβ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ.

¹AND God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to the place, Baethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to the God that appeared to thee, when thou fledest from the face of Esau thy brother.

²And Jacob said to his house, and to all that were with him, Remove the strange gods that are with you from the midst of you, and purify yourselves, and change your clothes.

³And let us rise and go up to Baethel, and let us there make an altar to God who hearkened to me in the day of calamity, who was with me, and preserved me throughout in the journey, by which I went.

⁴And they gave to Jacob the strange gods, which were in their hands, and the ear-rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the turpentine tree which is in Secima, and destroyed them to this day.

⁵So Israel departed from Secima, and the fear of God was upon the cities round about them, and they did not pursue after the children of Israel.

⁶And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, which is Baethel, he and all the people that were with him.

⁷And he built there an altar, and called the name of the place Baethel; for there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother Esau.

⁸And Deborrha, Rebecca's nurse, died, and was buried below Baethel under the oak; and Jacob called its name, The Oak of Mourning.

⁹And God appeared to Jacob once more in Luza, when he came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and God blessed him.

¹⁰And God said to him, Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his name Israel.

¹¹And God said to him, I am thy God; increase and multiply; for nations and gatherings of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

¹²And the land which I gave to Abraam and Isaac, I have given it to thee; and it shall come to pass that I will give this land also to thy seed after thee.

¹³And God went up from him from the place where he spoke with him.

¹⁴And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God spoke with him, [even] a pillar of stone; and offered a libation upon it, and poured oil upon it.

¹⁵And Jacob called the name of the place in which God spoke with him, Baethel.

¹⁶[And Jacob removed from Baethel, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader,]* and it came to pass when he drew nigh to Chabratha, to enter into Ephratha, Rachel travailed; and in her travail she was in hard labour.

¹⁷And it came to pass in her hard labour, that the midwife said to her, Be of good courage, for thou shalt also have this son.

¹⁸And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his father called his name Benjamin.

¹⁹So Rachel died, and was buried in the way of the course of Ephratha, this is Bethleem.

²⁰And Jacob set up a pillar on her tomb; this is the pillar on the tomb of Rachel, until this day. * The words between brackets form the 21st verse of this chapter in the Hebrew.

²¹And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Ruben went and lay with Balla, the concubine of his father Jacob; and Israel heard, and the thing appeared grievous before him.

²²And the sons of Jacob were twelve.

²³The sons of Lea, the first-born of Jacob; Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Zabulon.

²⁴And the sons of Rachel; Joseph and Benjamin.

²⁵And the sons of Balla, the hand-maid of Rachel; Dan and Nephthalim.

²⁶And the sons of Zelpha, the hand-maid of Lea; Gad and Aser. These [are] the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.

²⁷And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mambre, to a city of the plain; this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan, where Abraam and Isaac sojourned.

²⁸And the days of Isaac which he lived were an hundred and eighty years.

²⁹And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was laid to his family, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.