Genesis 35

1 [Some time later] God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel, and live there. Build an altar to worship me, God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your older brother Esau.”

Και είπεν ο Θεός προς τον Ιακώβ, Σηκωθείς ανάβηθι εις Βαιθήλ και κατοίκησον εκεί· και κάμε εκεί θυσιαστήριον εις τον Θεόν, όστις εφάνη εις σε ότε έφευγες από προσώπου Ησαύ του αδελφού σου.

2 So Jacob said to his household and to all the others who were with him, “Get rid of the idols you brought from Mesopotamia. Also, bathe yourselves and put on clean clothes.

Και είπεν ο Ιακώβ προς τον οίκον αυτού και προς πάντας τους μεθ' εαυτού, Εκβάλετε τους θεούς τους ξένους τους μεταξύ σας, και καθαρίσθητε και αλλάξατε τα ενδύματά σας·

3 Then we will get ready and go up to Bethel. There I will make an altar to worship God. He is the one who helped me at the time when I was greatly distressed and afraid, and he has been with me wherever I have gone.”

και σηκωθέντες, ας αναβώμεν εις Βαιθήλ· και εκεί θέλω κάμει θυσιαστήριον εις τον Θεόν, όστις μου επήκουσεν εν τη ημέρα της θλίψεώς μου και ήτο μετ' εμού εν τη οδώ, καθ' ην επορευόμην.

4 So they gave to Jacob all the idols that they had brought, and all their earrings. Jacob buried them in the ground under the big oak tree that was near Shechem [town].

Και έδωκαν εις τον Ιακώβ πάντας τους ξένους θεούς, όσοι ήσαν εις τας χείρας αυτών, και τα ενώτια τα εις τα ωτία αυτών· και έκρυψεν αυτά ο Ιακώβ υπό την δρυν, την πλησίον της Συχέμ.

5 As they prepared to leave there, God caused the people who lived in the cities around them to be extremely afraid of Jacob’s family [PRS], so that they did not pursue and attack them.

Μετά ταύτα ανεχώρησαν· και επέπεσε τρόμος του Θεού επί τας πόλεις τας κύκλω αυτών· και δεν κατεδίωξαν οπίσω των υιών του Ιακώβ.

6 Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.

Ήλθε δε ο Ιακώβ εις Λούζ, την εν τη γη Χαναάν, ήτις είναι η Βαιθήλ, αυτός και πας ο λαός ο μετ' αυτού.

7 There he built an altar. He named the place El-Bethel, [which means ‘God of Bethel]’, because it was there that God revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his older brother Esau.

Και ωκοδόμησεν εκεί θυσιαστήριον, και εκάλεσε το όνομα του τόπου Ελ-βαιθήλ· διότι εκεί εφανερώθη εις αυτόν ο Θεός, ότε έφευγεν από προσώπου του αδελφού αυτού.

8 Deborah, who had taken care of Isaac’s wife Rebekah when Rebekah was a small girl, was now very old. She died and was buried under an oak tree south of Bethel. So they named that place Allon-Bacuth, [which means ‘oak of weeping’].

Απέθανε δε η Δεβόρρα, η τροφός της Ρεβέκκας, και ετάφη παρακάτω της Βαιθήλ, υπό την δρύν· και ωνομάσθη η δρυς Αλλόν-βακούθ.

9 After Jacob and his family returned from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, while they were still at Bethel, God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him.

Εφάνη δε πάλιν ο Θεός εις τον Ιακώβ, αφού επέστρεψεν από Παδάν-αράμ, και ευλόγησεν αυτόν.

10 God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.

Και είπε προς αυτόν ο Θεός, Το όνομά σου είναι Ιακώβ· δεν θέλεις ονομάζεσθαι πλέον Ιακώβ, αλλά Ισραήλ θέλει είσθαι το όνομα σου· και εκάλεσε το όνομα αυτού Ισραήλ.

11 Then God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Produce many children. Your descendants will become many nations, and some of your descendants will be kings.

Είπε δε προς αυτόν ο Θεός, Εγώ είμαι ο Θεός ο Παντοκράτωρ· αυξάνου και πληθύνου· έθνος, και πλήθος εθνών θέλουσι γείνει εκ σου, και βασιλείς θέλουσιν εξέλθει εκ της οσφύος σου·

12 The land that I promised to give to [your grandfather] Abraham and [your father] Isaac, I will give to you. I will also give it to your descendants.”

και την γην, την οποίαν έδωκα εις τον Αβραάμ και εις τον Ισαάκ, εις σε θέλω δώσει αυτήν· και εις το σπέρμα σου μετά σε θέλω δώσει την γην ταύτην.

13 When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.

Και ανέβη ο Θεός απ' αυτού, εκ του τόπου όπου ελάλησε μετ' αυτού.

14 Jacob set up a large stone at the place where God had talked with him. He poured some wine and some [olive] oil on it to dedicate it to God.

Και έστησεν ο Ιακώβ στήλην εν τω τόπω όπου ελάλησε μετ' αυτού, στήλην λιθίνην· και έκαμεν επ' αυτήν σπονδήν και επέχυσεν επ' αυτήν έλαιον.

15 Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.

Και εκάλεσεν ο Ιακώβ το όνομα του τόπου, όπου ελάλησε μετ' αυτού ο Θεός, Βαιθήλ.

16 Jacob and his family left Bethel and traveled south toward Ephrath [town]. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to have severe childbirth pains.

Μετά ταύτα ανεχώρησαν από Βαιθήλ· και ενώ έμενεν ολίγον διάστημα διά να φθάσωσιν εις Εφραθά, εγέννησεν η Ραχήλ· και υπέφερε μεγάλον αγώνα εις την γένναν αυτής.

17 When her pain was the most severe, the (midwife/woman who helped her to give birth) said to Rachel, “Do not be afraid, because now you have given birth to another son!”

Ενώ δε ευρίσκετο εις τον σκληρόν αγώνα της γέννας, είπε προς αυτήν η μαία, Μη φοβού, διότι και ούτος σου είναι υιός·

18 But she was dying, and with her last breath she said, “Name him Benoni,” [which means ‘son of my sorrow]’, but his father named him Benjamin, [which means ‘son of my right hand]’.

και ενώ παρέδιδε την ψυχήν διότι απέθανεν, εκάλεσε το όνομα αυτού Βεν-ονί· ο δε πατήρ αυτού εκάλεσεν αυτόν Βενιαμίν.

19 After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.

Και απέθανεν η Ραχήλ και ετάφη εν τη οδώ της Εφραθά, ήτις είναι Βηθλεέμ.

20 Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.

Και έστησεν ο Ιακώβ στήλην επί του τάφου αυτής· αύτη είναι η στήλη του τάφου της Ραχήλ μέχρι της σήμερον.

21 Jacob, whose new name was Israel, continued traveling with his family, and he set up his tents on the south side of the watchtower at Eder [town].

Σηκωθείς δε ο Ισραήλ, έστησε την σκηνήν αυτού πέραν του Μιγδώλ-εδέρ.

22 While they were living in that area, Jacob’s son Reuben had sex [EUP] with Bilhah, one of his father’s (concubines/female slaves whom he had taken as a secondary wife). Someone told Jacob about it, and it made him very angry. (I will now give you/Here is) a list of Jacob’s twelve sons.

Και ότε κατώκει ο Ισραήλ εν τη γη εκείνη, υπήγεν ο Ρουβήν και εκοιμήθη μετά της Βαλλάς παλλακής του πατρός αυτού· και ήκουσε τούτο ο Ισραήλ. Ήσαν δε οι υιοί του Ιακώβ δώδεκα·

23 The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.

οι υιοί της Λείας, Ρουβήν, ο πρωτότοκος του Ιακώβ, και Συμεών και Λευΐ και Ιούδας και Ισσάχαρ και Ζαβουλών·

24 The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

οι υιοί της Ραχήλ, Ιωσήφ και Βενιαμίν·

25 The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.

οι δε υιοί της Βαλλάς, θεραπαίνης της Ραχήλ, Δαν και Νεφθαλί·

26 The sons of Leah’s female slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. All those sons of Jacob, except Benjamin, were born while he was living in Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia.

και οι υιοί της Ζελφάς, θεραπαίνης της Λείας, Γαδ και Ασήρ· ούτοι είναι οι υιοί του Ιακώβ, οίτινες εγεννήθησαν εις αυτόν εν Παδάν-αράμ.

27 Jacob had returned back home to see his father Isaac at Mamre, which is also named Kiriath-Arba, and which is now named Hebron. Isaac’s father Abraham had also lived there.

Ήλθε δε ο Ιακώβ προς Ισαάκ τον πατέρα αυτού εις Μαμβρή, εις Κιριάθ-αρβά, ήτις είναι η Χεβρών, όπου ο Αβραάμ και ο Ισαάκ είχον παροικήσει.

28 Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.

Και ήσαν αι ημέραι του Ισαάκ εκατόν ογδοήκοντα έτη.

29 He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.

Και εκπνεύσας ο Ισαάκ απέθανε και προσετέθη εις τον λαόν αυτού, γέρων και πλήρης ημερών· και έθαψαν αυτόν Ησαύ και Ιακώβ οι υιοί αυτού.