¹ And God said to^▵ Jacob, Arise, go·​·up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to God^◦, who was seen of^▵ thee when thou didst run·​·away from before Esau thy brother.

² And Jacob said to^▵ his house, and to^▵ all who were with him, Remove the gods of the foreigner which are in the midst of you, and clean yourselves, and change your raiment;

³ and let us arise, and go·​·up to Bethel, and I will make there an altar to God^◦, who answered me in the day of my adversity, and was with·​·me in the way which I walked.

⁴ And they gave to^▵ Jacob all the gods of the foreigner which were in their hand, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob concealed them under the oak which was by^▵ Shechem.

⁵ And they journeyed; and a terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

⁶ And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, this^◦ is Bethel, he^◦ and all the people that were with him.

⁷ And he built there an altar, and called the place El-bethel^*; for there the gods^* were revealed to him when he ran·​·away from before his brother.

⁸ And Deborah, the nurse of Rebekah, died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under the oak^◦; and he called the name of it Allon-bacuth.

⁹ And God was seen of^▵ Jacob yet·​·again when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.

¹⁰ And God said to him, Thy name is Jacob; thy name shall no^◦ more^◦ be called Jacob, but^◦ Israel shall be thy name; and He called his name Israel.

¹¹ And God said to him, I^◦ am God^◦ Shaddai; be·​·fruitful and multiply; a nation and an assembly of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall go·​·forth from thy loins^◦.

¹² And the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

¹³ And God went·​·up from over him in the place where^▵ He spoke with^◦ him.

¹⁴ And Jacob set·​·up a pillar^◦ in the place in which He spoke with^◦ him, a pillar^◦ of stone; and he poured·​·out a poured·​·offering on it, and poured oil on it.

¹⁵ And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with^◦ him, Bethel.

¹⁶ And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was still a tract of land to come toward Ephrath; and Rachel gave·​·birth, and it was hard for her’ in giving·​·birth.

¹⁷ And it was, when it was hard for her in her giving·​·birth, that the midwife said to her, Fear not, for this also is a son for thee.

¹⁸ And it was, when her soul was going·​·out that she was·​·about·​·to·​·die; and she called his name Benoni; and his father called him Benjamin.

¹⁹ And Rachel died, and was buried in the way toward Ephrath, this^◦ is Bethlehem.

²⁰ And Jacob set·​·up a pillar^◦ over her grave; this^◦ is the pillar^◦ of the grave of Rachel even·​·until today.

²¹ And Israel journeyed, and stretched·​·out his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

²² And it was, when Israel inhabited this^◦ land, that Reuben went and lay with^◦ Bilhah the concubine of his father, and Israel heard. And the sons of Jacob were twelve:

²³ the sons of Leah, Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;

²⁴ the sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin;

²⁵ and the sons of Bilhah Rachel’s handmaid, Dan and Naphtali;

²⁶ and the sons of Zilpah Leah’s handmaid, Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who was·​·born^* to him in Paddan-aram.

²⁷ And Jacob came to^▵ Isaac his father to Mamre Kiriath-arba, this^◦ is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned^*

²⁸ And the days of Isaac were a hundred years and eighty years.

²⁹ And Isaac expired and died, and was gathered to^▵ his people, old and sated of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.

¹ Jacob called to his sons, and said: "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.

² Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.

³ "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.

⁴ Boiling over as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.

⁵ "Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.

⁶ My soul, don't come into their council. My glory, don't be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.

⁷ Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

⁸ "Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father's sons will bow down before you.

⁹ Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?

¹⁰ The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

¹¹ Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey's colt to the choice vine; he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

¹² His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.

¹³ "Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.

¹⁴ "Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.

¹⁵ He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.

¹⁶ "Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

¹⁷ Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.

¹⁸ I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

¹⁹ "A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.

²⁰ "Asher's food will be rich. He will yield royal dainties.

²¹ "Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.

²² "Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.

²³ The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:

²⁴ But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),

²⁵ even by the God of your father, who will help you; by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

²⁶ The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.

²⁷ "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil."

²⁸ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing.

²⁹ He instructed them, and said to them, "I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

³⁰ in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.

³¹ There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:

³² the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth."

³³ When Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.