¹ ときに神はヤコブに言われた、「あなたは立ってベテルに上り、そこに住んで、あなたがさきに兄エサウの顔を避けてのがれる時、あなたに現れた神に祭壇を造りなさい」。

² ヤコブは、その家族および共にいるすべての者に言った、「あなたがたのうちにある異なる神々を捨て、身を清めて着物を着替えなさい。

³ われわれは立ってベテルに上り、その所でわたしの苦難の日にわたしにこたえ、かつわたしの行く道で共におられた神に祭壇を造ろう」。

⁴ そこで彼らは持っている異なる神々と、耳につけている耳輪をことごとくヤコブに与えたので、ヤコブはこれをシケムのほとりにあるテレビンの木の下に埋めた。

⁵ そして彼らは、いで立ったが、大いなる恐れが周囲の町々に起ったので、ヤコブの子らのあとを追う者はなかった。

⁶ こうしてヤコブは共にいたすべての人々と一緒にカナンの地にあるルズ、すなわちベテルにきた。

⁷ 彼はそこに祭壇を築き、その所をエル・ベテルと名づけた。彼が兄の顔を避けてのがれる時、神がそこで彼に現れたからである。

⁸ 時にリベカのうばデボラが死んで、ベテルのしもの、かしの木の下に葬られた。これによってその木の名をアロン・バクテと呼ばれた。

⁹ さてヤコブがパダンアラムから帰ってきた時、神は再び彼に現れて彼を祝福された。

¹⁰ 神は彼に言われた、「あなたの名はヤコブである。しかしあなたの名をもはやヤコブと呼んではならない。あなたの名をイスラエルとしなさい」。こうして彼をイスラエルと名づけられた。

¹¹ 神はまた彼に言われた、「わたしは全能の神である。あなたは生めよ、またふえよ。一つの国民、また多くの国民があなたから出て、王たちがあなたの身から出るであろう。

¹² わたしはアブラハムとイサクとに与えた地を、あなたに与えよう。またあなたの後の子孫にその地を与えよう」。

¹³ 神は彼と語っておられたその場所から彼を離れてのぼられた。

¹⁴ そこでヤコブは神が自分と語られたその場所に、一本の石の柱を立て、その上に灌祭をささげ、また油を注いだ。

¹⁵ そしてヤコブは神が自分と語られたその場所をベテルと名づけた。

¹⁶ こうして彼らはベテルを立ったが、エフラタに行き着くまでに、なお隔たりのある所でラケルは産気づき、その産は重かった。

¹⁷ その難産に当って、産婆は彼女に言った、「心配することはありません。今度も男の子です」。

¹⁸ 彼女は死にのぞみ、魂の去ろうとする時、子の名をベノニと呼んだ。しかし、父はこれをベニヤミンと名づけた。

¹⁹ ラケルは死んでエフラタ、すなわちベツレヘムの道に葬られた。

²⁰ ヤコブはその墓に柱を立てた。これはラケルの墓の柱であって、今日に至っている。

²¹ イスラエルはまた、いで立ってミグダル・エダルの向こうに天幕を張った。

²² イスラエルがその地に住んでいた時、ルベンは父のそばめビルハのところへ行って、これと寝た。イスラエルはこれを聞いた。

²³ すなわちレアの子らはヤコブの長子ルベンとシメオン、レビ、ユダ、イッサカル、ゼブルン。

²⁴ ラケルの子らはヨセフとベニヤミン。

²⁵ ラケルのつかえめビルハの子らはダンとナフタリ。

²⁶ レアのつかえめジルパの子らはガドとアセル。これらはヤコブの子らであって、パダンアラムで彼に生れた者である。

²⁷ ヤコブはキリアテ・アルバ、すなわちヘブロンのマムレにいる父イサクのもとへ行った。ここはアブラハムとイサクとが寄留した所である。

²⁸ イサクの年は百八十歳であった。

²⁹ イサクは年老い、日満ちて息絶え、死んで、その民に加えられた。その子エサウとヤコブとは、これを葬った。

¹ Then the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.

² They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "Yahweh commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for our livestock."

³ The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.

⁴ The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.

⁵ The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.

⁶ The children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

⁷ The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.

⁸ The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.

⁹ They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:

¹⁰ and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.

¹¹ They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.

¹² But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³ To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its suburbs,

¹⁴ Jattir with its suburbs, Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

¹⁵ Holon with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,

¹⁶ Ain with its suburbs, Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹⁷ Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,

¹⁸ Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.

¹⁹ All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

²⁰ The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

²¹ They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,

²² Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs; four cities.

²³ Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,

²⁴ Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.

²⁵ Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.

²⁶ All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.

²⁷ They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be Eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.

²⁸ Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,

²⁹ Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim with its suburbs; four cities.

³⁰ Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,

³¹ Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.

³² Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.

³³ All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

³⁴ To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, Kartah with its suburbs,

³⁵ Dimnah with its suburbs, and Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.

³⁶ Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, Jahaz with its suburbs,

³⁷ Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.

³⁸ Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,

³⁹ Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

⁴⁰ All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.

⁴¹ All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.

⁴² Each of these cities included their suburbs around them. It was this way with all these cities.

⁴³ So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.

⁴⁴ Yahweh gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their hand.

⁴⁵ Nothing failed of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.