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Jacob’s Return to Bethel

¹Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to ⚓Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, ⚓who appeared to you ⚓when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”
²And Jacob said to his ⚓household and to all who were with him, “Put away ⚓the foreign gods that are among you, ⚓purify yourselves, and change your garments. ³Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, ⚓who answered me in the day of my distress ⚓and has been with me in the way which I have gone.” ⁴So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the ⚓earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under ⚓the terebinth tree which was by Shechem.
⁵And they journeyed, and ⚓the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. ⁶So Jacob came to ⚓Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. ⁷And he ⚓built an altar there and called the place El Bethel, because ⚓there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.
⁸Now ⚓Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the terebinth tree. So the name of it was called Allon Bachuth.
⁹Then ⚓God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and ⚓blessed him. ¹⁰And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; ⚓your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, ⚓but Israel shall be your name.” So He called his name Israel. ¹¹Also God said to him: ⚓“I am God Almighty. ⚓Be fruitful and multiply; ⚓a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body. ¹²The ⚓land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land.” ¹³Then God ⚓went up from him in the place where He talked with him. ¹⁴So Jacob ⚓set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it. ¹⁵And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, ⚓Bethel.

Death of Rachel

¹⁶Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor. ¹⁷Now it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, “Do not fear; ⚓you will have this son also.” ¹⁸And so it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-Oni; but his father called him Benjamin. ¹⁹So ⚓Rachel died and was buried on the way to ⚓Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). ²⁰And Jacob set a pillar on her grave, which is the pillar of Rachel’s grave ⚓to this day.
²¹Then Israel journeyed and pitched his tent beyond ⚓the tower of Eder. ²²And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and ⚓lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard about it.

Jacob’s Twelve Sons

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³the sons of Leah were⚓Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun; ²⁴the sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin; ²⁵the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant, were Dan and Naphtali; ²⁶and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Padan Aram.

Death of Isaac

²⁷Then Jacob came to his father Isaac at ⚓Mamre, or ⚓Kirjath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had dwelt. ²⁸Now the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years. ²⁹So Isaac breathed his last and died, and ⚓was gathered to his people, being old and full of days. And ⚓his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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Yiem Mbetc^en, Tin-Hungh Buang Waac Yaakopv

¹Tin-Hungh gorngv mbuox Yaakopv, “Ih zanc meih oix zuqc suiv mingh yiem Mbetc^en. Yiem wuov oix zuqc ceix norm ziec-dorngh weic yie, dongh zinh ndaangc meih biaux meih nyei gorx, Esaau, wuov zanc hinc cuotv daaih bun meih buatc nyei Tin-Hungh.”⚓
²Yaakopv ziouc mbuox ninh nyei hmuangv doic aengx caux ninh yiem wuov deix mienh, “Meih mbuo maaih ganh fingx nyei haaix nyungc miuc-fangx oix zuqc guangc taux nzengc. Oix zuqc saax nzengc uix, yienc lui-houx. ³Mbuo oix zuqc leih nqoi naaiv norm dorngx mingh yiem Mbetc^en. Taux wuov yie oix ceix norm ziec-dorngh weic Tin-Hungh, dongh zinh ndaangc yie buangh zuqc kouv naanc ninh tengx yie, yie mingh taux haaix ninh yaac caux yie mingh, wuov dauh Tin-Hungh.” ⁴Ninh mbuo yietc zungv ziouc zorqv ninh mbuo maaih nyei ganh fingx mienh nyei miuc-fangx caux dangh jienv nyei m'normh hiun, jiu bun Yaakopv. Yaakopv ziouc biopv jienv domh mba'ong zuei ndiangx-gorn ndiev, leih Sekem Zingh maiv nangc go. ⁵Yaakopv caux gan ninh nyei zuangx mienh cuotv jauv mingh wuov zanc, Tin-Hungh bun huing nzuonx wuov deix zingh nyei mienh gamh nziex haic, ziouc maiv zunc Yaakopv nyei dorn mbuo.
⁶Yaakopv caux yietc zungv gan ninh nyei mienh mingh taux Kaa^naa^an Deic-Bung, Lutv Zingh, (se Mbetc^en Zingh). ⁷Taux wuov ninh ceix norm ziec-dorngh daaih aengx cuotv wuov norm dorngx nyei mbuox heuc En Mbetc^en,⚓ weic zuqc biaux ninh nyei gorx, Esaau, wuov zanc, Tin-Hungh yiem wuov hinc cuotv bun ninh buatc.
⁸Dongh zinh ndaangc dorh Le^mbe^kaa hlo daaih wuov dauh bou, Nde^mbo^laa, guei seix mi'aqv. Ninh mbuo ziouc zangx jienv yiem Mbetc^en nyei naamh bung, yietc diuh domh mba'ong zuei ndiangx-gorn hlen. Wuov diuh ndiangx ninh mbuo cuotv norm mbuox heuc Anlon Mbaakutv.⚓
⁹Yaakopv yiem Batc^ndaan Aalam Deic nzuonx daaih, Tin-Hungh aengx hinc cuotv nzunc, buang waac bun ninh. ¹⁰Tin-Hungh mbuox ninh, “Meih nyei mbuox heuc Yaakopv mv baac yangh naaiv jiex meih nyei mbuox oix zuqc goiv heuc I^saa^laa^en.”⚓ Hnangv naaiv ninh ziouc duqv mbuox heuc I^saa^laa^en.⚓
¹¹Tin-Hungh aengx gorngv, “Yie se Nernh Jiex nyei Tin-Hungh.⚓ Meih oix zuqc maaih fu'jueiv camv.⚓ Meih nyei zeiv-fun oix hiaangx daaih benx yietc fingx caux camv-guoqv nyei fingx. Maaih deix meih nyei zeiv-fun yaac oix duqv zoux hungh. ¹²Yie jiu bun Apc^laa^ham caux I^sakc nyei deic-bung, yie yaac jiu bun meih caux meih nyei hoz doic zeiv-fun.” ¹³Gorngv liuz, Tin-Hungh ziouc yiem wuov norm dorngx faaux mingh mi'aqv.
¹⁴Yaakopv zorqv norm la'bieiv don jienv Tin-Hungh caux ninh gorngv waac nyei dorngx,⚓ yaac zorqv a'ngunc diuv ciev dongc gu'nguaaic, yaac zorqv ga'lanv youh dox jienv. ¹⁵Ninh aengx cuotv wuov norm dorngx nyei mbuox heuc Mbetc^en.⚓

Laasen Guei Seix

¹⁶Yaakopv mbuo yiem Mbetc^en cuotv jauv mingh. Corc leih E^faa^laa^taa Mungv go deix nyei, Laasen taux ziangh hoc ndutv sin. Ninh mun kouv, aqc duqv yungz haic. ¹⁷Mun kouv jiex nyei ziangh hoc, goux ninh wuov dauh m'sieqv dorn gorngv, “Meih maiv dungx gamh nziex oc. Naaiv dauh gu'nguaaz se dorn.” ¹⁸Laasen aav lamh daic wuov zanc, ninh aengx tauv cuotv nzunc qiex, tengx ninh nyei dorn cuotv mbuox heuc Mben^o^ni.⚓ Mv baac Yaakopv cuotv mbuox heuc Mben^yaa^min.⚓
¹⁹Laasen daic mi'aqv, zangx jienv mingh E^faa^laa^taa nyei jauv-hlen. (E^faa^laa^taa aengx maaih norm mbuox heuc Mbetc^le^hem.) ²⁰Yaakopv zorqv norm la'bieiv don jienv Laasen nyei zouv zoux jangx-hoc. Wuov norm la'bieiv yiem taux ih jaax hnoi.
²¹I^saa^laa^en⚓ mbuo aengx suiv mingh corng ndopv-liuh yiem E^nde Fanh Taapv nyei wuov ndaangc maengx.

I^saa^laa^en Nyei Dorn

(Beiv mangc 1 Zunh Doic Douh 2:1-2)

²²Yiem gau wuov norm deic-bung,gb I^saa^laa^en⚓ nyei dorn, Lu^mben, caux ninh nyei maa-faix, Mbin^haa, maaih jauv.⚓ Ninh nyei die hiuv mi'aqv.
Yaakopv maaih ziepc nyeic dauh dorn.
²³Le^aa nyei dorn maaih Lu^mben. Lu^mben se Yaakopv nyei dorn-hlo. Aengx maaih Si^me^on, Lewi, Yu^ndaa, Itc^saax^kaa, caux Se^mbu^lun.
²⁴Laasen nyei dorn maaih Yosepv caux Mben^yaa^min.
²⁵Laasen nyei nouh beiz, Mbin^haa, nyei dorn maaih Ndaan caux Napv^taa^li.
²⁶Le^aa nyei nouh beiz, Sinx^baa, nyei dorn maaih Gaatc caux Aa^se.
Naaiv deix yietc zungv dorn, Yaakopv yiem Batc^ndaan Aalam duqv daaih.

I^sakc Guei Seix

²⁷Yaakopv nzuonx taux ninh nyei die, I^sakc, yiem Mamle, nitv Ki^li^yaatv Aan^mbaa, (se He^mbo^lon, dongh zinh ndaangc Apc^laa^ham caux I^sakc yiem nyei dorngx).⚓ ²⁸I^sakc ziangh duqv yietc baeqv betv ziepc hnyangx. ²⁹Ninh ziangh duqv siouc nyuonh ndaauv, hnyangx-jeiv gox haic, ziouc dangx qiex, guei seix mi'aqv.⚓ Ninh nyei i dauh dorn, Esaau caux Yaakopv, dorh ninh nyei sei mingh zangx.