Genesis 35:1
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֔ב
Now God said to Jacob:
ק֛וּם עֲלֵ֥ה בֵֽית־אֵ֖ל וְשֶׁב־שָׁ֑ם
“Arise, Go up to BethEl (The House of God),
and dwell there;
וַעֲשֵׂה־שָׁ֣ם מִזְבֵּ֔חַ לָאֵל֙ הַנִּרְאֶ֣ה אֵלֶ֔יךָ
And there prepare an altar,
to The God, The One Who appeared to you,
בְּבָרְחֲךָ֔ מִפְּנֵ֖י עֵשָׂ֥ו אָחִֽיךָ׃
When you fled from the face of Esau your brother;”
Genesis 35:2
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ אֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ
And Jacob said to his household,
וְאֶ֖ל כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עִמּ֑וֹ
And to all those who were with him:
הָסִ֜רוּ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֤י הַנֵּכָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּתֹכְכֶ֔ם
“Discard the foreign gods that are in your midst,
וְהִֽטַּהֲר֔וּ וְהַחֲלִ֖יפוּ שִׂמְלֹתֵיכֶֽם׃
And purify yourselves,
Then change your attire;”
Genesis 35:3
וְנָק֥וּמָה וְנַעֲלֶ֖ה בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל
“And let us arise and let us go up to BethEl:
וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־שָּׁ֣ם מִזְבֵּ֗חַ
And there I shall prepare an altar,
לָאֵ֞ל הָעֹנֶ֤ה אֹתִי֙ בְּי֣וֹם צָֽרָתִ֔י וַיְהִי֙ עִמָּדִ֔י
To The God Who answered me
in the time of my distress,
and has been steadfast with me,
בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָלָֽכְתִּי׃
On the road that I have walked.”
Genesis 35:4
וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֗ב
And so they handed over to Jacob,
אֵ֣ת כָּל־אֱלֹהֵ֤י הַנֵּכָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיָדָ֔ם
Every foreign god that was in their possession,
וְאֶת־הַנְּזָמִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּאָזְנֵיהֶ֑ם
Together with the rings which were in their ears;
וַיִּטְמֹ֤ן אֹתָם֙ יַעֲקֹ֔ב
Then Jacob concealed them,
תַּ֥חַת הָאֵלָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עִם־שְׁכֶֽם׃
Underneath the mighty tree that was by Shechem.
Genesis 35:5
וַיִּסָּ֑עוּ
And they moved on;
וַיְהִ֣י ׀ חִתַּ֣ת אֱלֹהִ֗ים
And the Terror of God was
עַל־הֶֽעָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ סְבִיבֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם
over the cities that were round about them,
וְלֹ֣א רָֽדְפ֔וּ אַחֲרֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב׃
And they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
Genesis 35:6
וַיָּבֹ֨א יַעֲקֹ֜ב ל֗וּזָה
And Jacob came to Luz,
אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן הִ֖וא בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל
That was in the land of Canaan,
namely, BethEl,
ה֖וּא וְכָל־הָעָ֥ם אֲשֶׁר־עִמּֽוֹ׃
himself, and all the people who were with him;
Genesis 35:7
וַיִּ֤בֶן שָׁם֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ
And there he built the altar,
וַיִּקְרָא֙ לַמָּק֔וֹם אֵ֖ל בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל
and he called the place
“God of the House of God”
כִּ֣י שָׁ֗ם נִגְל֤וּ אֵלָיו֙ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים
Because there The True God had revealed himself to him,
בְּבָרְח֖וֹ מִפְּנֵ֥י אָחִֽיו׃
When he fled from the face of his brother.
Genesis 35:8
וַתָּ֤מָת דְּבֹרָה֙ מֵינֶ֣קֶת רִבְקָ֔ה
And Deborah died, who nursed Rebecca,
וַתִּקָּבֵ֛ר מִתַּ֥חַת לְבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל תַּ֣חַת הָֽאַלּ֑וֹן
And she was buried below Bethel,
underneath the big tree,
וַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ אַלּ֥וֹן בָּכֽוּת׃ פ
And he named it, “The Big Tree of Weeping”.
Genesis 35:9
וַיֵּרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב֙ ע֔וֹד
And God appeared to Jacob again,
בְּבֹא֖וֹ מִפַּדַּ֣ן אֲרָ֑ם
When he came from Padan Aram;
וַיְבָ֖רֶךְ אֹתֽוֹ׃
And He blessed him:
Genesis 35:10
וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ל֥וֹ אֱלֹהִ֖ים
And God said to him,
שִׁמְךָ֣ יַעֲקֹ֑ב
“Your name ‘Jacob’:
לֹֽא־יִקָּרֵא֩ שִׁמְךָ֨ ע֜וֹד יַעֲקֹ֗ב
No longer will your name be called Jacob,
כִּ֤י אִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה שְׁמֶ֔ךָ
But Israel will be your name.”
וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And so He called his name Israel.
Genesis 35:11
וַיֹּאמֶר֩ ל֨וֹ אֱלֹהִ֜ים
And God said to him,
אֲנִ֨י אֵ֤ל שַׁדַּי֙ פְּרֵ֣ה וּרְבֵ֔ה
“I Am El Shaddai (The Omnipotent-Sufficient One),
Be fruitful and multiply, —
גּ֛וֹי וּקְהַ֥ל גּוֹיִ֖ם יִהְיֶ֣ה מִמֶּ֑ךָּ
A nation and an assembly of nations,
they will come into existence from you;
וּמְלָכִ֖ים מֵחֲלָצֶ֥יךָ יֵצֵֽאוּ׃
And kings will come out of your loins;”
Genesis 35:12
וְאֶת־הָאָ֗רֶץ
“And the land,
אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֛תִּי לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם וּלְיִצְחָ֖ק לְךָ֣ אֶתְּנֶ֑נָּה
That I gave to Abraham and to Isaac,
To you I will give it;
וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֥ אַחֲרֶ֖יךָ אֶתֵּ֥ן אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
And to your seed after you,
I will give the land;”
Genesis 35:13
וַיַּ֥עַל מֵעָלָ֖יו אֱלֹהִ֑ים
And God ascended away from him,
בַּמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר אִתּֽוֹ׃
At the place where He had spoken with him.
Genesis 35:14
וַיַּצֵּ֨ב יַעֲקֹ֜ב מַצֵּבָ֗ה
And Jacob set up a pillar,
בַּמָּק֛וֹם אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר אִתּ֖וֹ מַצֶּ֣בֶת אָ֑בֶן
At that place where He had spoken with him, –
a pillar of stone;
וַיַּסֵּ֤ךְ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ נֶ֔סֶךְ וַיִּצֹ֥ק עָלֶ֖יהָ שָֽׁמֶן׃
Then he poured out a drink offering over it,
and then poured olive oil upon it;
Genesis 35:15
וַיִּקְרָ֨א יַעֲקֹ֜ב אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם הַמָּק֗וֹם
אֲשֶׁר֩ דִּבֶּ֨ר אִתּ֥וֹ שָׁ֛ם אֱלֹהִ֖ים בֵּֽית־אֵֽל׃ ס
And Jacob named that place BethEl (The House of God),
There where God had spoken with him.
Genesis 35:16
וַיִּסְעוּ֙ מִבֵּ֣ית אֵ֔ל
And they journeyed from Beth El,
וַֽיְהִי־ע֥וֹד כִּבְרַת־הָאָ֖רֶץ לָב֣וֹא אֶפְרָ֑תָה
And there was yet a stretch of land,
in order to come to Ephratah,
וַתֵּ֥לֶד רָחֵ֖ל וַתְּקַ֥שׁ בְּלִדְתָּֽהּ׃
But Rachel gave birth,
And she had severe difficulty while she was in labour;
Genesis 35:17
וַיְהִ֥י בְהַקְשֹׁתָ֖הּ בְּלִדְתָּ֑הּ
And so it was when she was in trauma
while she gave birth,
וַתֹּ֨אמֶר לָ֤הּ הַמְיַלֶּ֙דֶת֙
That the one assisting as midwife said to her:
אַל־תִּ֣ירְאִ֔י
“Do not fear,
כִּֽי־גַם־זֶ֥ה לָ֖ךְ בֵּֽן׃
for also this one is a son for you;”
Genesis 35:18
וַיְהִ֞י בְּצֵ֤את נַפְשָׁהּ֙ כִּ֣י מֵ֔תָה
And it came to pass,
when her breath was departing, for she died,
וַתִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ בֶּן־אוֹנִ֑י
That she named him BenOni (Son of my distress);
וְאָבִ֖יו קָֽרָא־ל֥וֹ בִנְיָמִֽין׃
But his father, he had called him Benjamin
(Son of the Right Hand/Power).
Genesis 35:19
וַתָּ֖מָת רָחֵ֑ל
So Rachel died;
וַתִּקָּבֵר֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אֶפְרָ֔תָה
And she was buried on the way to Ephratah,
הִ֖וא בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃
That is, Bethlehem (House of Bread ).
Genesis 35:20
וַיַּצֵּ֧ב יַעֲקֹ֛ב מַצֵּבָ֖ה עַל־קְבֻרָתָ֑הּ
And Jacob set up a pillar over her grave;
הִ֛וא מַצֶּ֥בֶת קְבֻֽרַת־רָחֵ֖ל עַד־הַיּֽוֹם׃
It is the pillar of Rachel’s grave upto this day.
Genesis 35:21
וַיִּסַּ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
And Israel broke camp.
וַיֵּ֣ט אָֽהֳלֹ֔ה מֵהָ֖לְאָה לְמִגְדַּל־עֵֽדֶר׃
And then he spread out his tent beyond Migdal Eder (Flock Tower);
Genesis 35:22
וַיְהִ֗י בִּשְׁכֹּ֤ן יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בָּאָ֣רֶץ הַהִ֔וא
And it happened,
when Israel had settled in that territory,
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ רְאוּבֵ֔֗ן וַיִּשְׁכַּ֕ב֙ אֶת־בִּלְהָ֖ה֙ פִּילֶ֣גֶשׁ אָבִ֑֔יו
That Reuben went and lay with Bilhah,
his father’s adjunct-wife,
וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑͏ֽל פ
And Israel heard.
וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יַעֲקֹ֖ב שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָֽׂר׃
Now the sons of Israel were twelve in number :
Genesis 35:23
בְּנֵ֣י לֵאָ֔ה
The sons of Leah:
בְּכ֥וֹר יַעֲקֹ֖ב רְאוּבֵ֑ן
The firstborn of Jacob, Reuben;
וְשִׁמְעוֹן֙ וְלֵוִ֣י וִֽיהוּדָ֔ה
And Simeon and Levi,
וְיִשָּׂשכָ֖ר וּזְבוּלֻֽן׃
And then Issachar, and Zebulun;
Genesis 35:24
בְּנֵ֣י רָחֵ֔ל
The sons of Rachel:
יוֹסֵ֖ף וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃
Joseph and Benjamin;
Genesis 35:25
וּבְנֵ֤י בִלְהָה֙ שִׁפְחַ֣ת רָחֵ֔ל
And the sons of Bilhah,
Rachel’s maidservant,
דָּ֖ן וְנַפְתָּלִֽי׃
Dan and Naphtali;
Genesis 35:26
וּבְנֵ֥י זִלְפָּ֛ה שִׁפְחַ֥ת לֵאָ֖ה
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant
גָּ֣ד וְאָשֵׁ֑ר
Gad and Asher.
אֵ֚לֶּה בְּנֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב
These were the sons of Jacob,
אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֻלַּד־ל֖וֹ בְּפַדַּ֥ן אֲרָֽם׃
That were begotten to him in Paddan Aram.
Genesis 35:27
וַיָּבֹ֤א יַעֲקֹב֙ אֶל־יִצְחָ֣ק אָבִ֔יו
And Jacob came to Isaac his father,
מַמְרֵ֖א קִרְיַ֣ת הָֽאַרְבַּ֑ע
Mamre, the City of the Four,
הִ֣וא חֶבְר֔וֹן אֲשֶׁר־גָּֽר־שָׁ֥ם אַבְרָהָ֖ם וְיִצְחָֽק׃
That is Hebron, there where Abraham had sojourned, and Isaac.
Genesis 35:28
וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ יְמֵ֣י יִצְחָ֑ק
Now the days of Isaac, they were
מְאַ֥ת שָׁנָ֖ה וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃
one hundred years, plus eighty years;
Genesis 35:29
וַיִּגְוַ֨ע יִצְחָ֤ק וַיָּ֙מָת֙ וַיֵּאָ֣סֶף אֶל־עַמָּ֔יו
And Isaac exhaled his last breath,
and he was gathered to his people,
זָקֵ֖ן וּשְׂבַ֣ע יָמִ֑ים
Old and complete of days;
וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ עֵשָׂ֥ו וְיַעֲקֹ֖ב בָּנָֽיו׃ פ
And Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.
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