¹And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar unto the ùGod that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

¹Zvino Mwari wakati kuna Jakove: Simuka, ukwire kuBheteri, ugonogara ikoko; ugoitira ipapo aritari Mwari wakaonekera kwauri pawai­tiza pachiso chaEsau mukoma wako.

²And Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;

²Jakove ndokuti kuimba yake nevose vaiva naye: Bvisai vamwari vendudzi vari pakati penyu, muzvinatse, mufuke dzimwe nguvo.

³and we will arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to the ùGod that answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.

³Ngatisi­muke, tikwire kuBheteri; ndichaitira ipapo Mwari aritari, iye wakandipindura pazuva rekutambudzika kwangu, uye wakava neni panzira yandaifamba nayo.

⁴And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods that were in their hand, and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the terebinth that [is] by Shechem.

⁴Zvino vakapa Jakove vamwari vose vendudzi vaiva pamaoko avo, nemhete dzaiva panzeve dzavo; Jakove akazviviga pasi pemuouki* waiva paShekemu.

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

⁵Zvino vakafamba; uye kutya Mwari kwaiva pamusoro pemaguta akavapoteredza, uye havana kudzingirira vanakomana vaJakove.

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

⁶Jakove ndokusvika paRuzi, riri panyika yeKanani, ndiro Bheteri, iye nevanhu vose vaiva naye.

⁷And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God had appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

⁷Zvino wakavakapo aritari, akatumidza nzvimbo kuti Eri-Bheteri, nekuti ipapo Mwari wakaonekera kwaari pakutiza kwake pachiso chemu­koma wake.

⁸And Deborah, Rebecca's nurse, died; and she was buried beneath Bethel, under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.

⁸Zvino Debhora mureri waRa­bheka wakafa, akavigwa zasi kweBheteri munyasi memuouki; naizvozvo wakatumidza zita rapo Aronibhakuti.

⁹And God appeared to Jacob again after he had come from Padan-Aram, and blessed him.

⁹Zvino Mwari wakazviratidzazve kuna Jakove pakubva kwake Padhani-Aramu, akamuropafadza.

¹⁰And God said to him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called his name Israel.

¹⁰Mwari ndokuti kwaari: Zita rako ndiJakove; zita rako harichazonzi Jakove, asi Isiraeri richava zita rako; akatumidza zita rake kuti Isiraeri.

¹¹And God said to him, I am the Almighty ùGod: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee; and kings shall come out of thy loins.

¹¹Zvino Mwari akati kwaari: Ndini Mwari Wemasimbaose; bereka uwa­nde; rudzi, hongu, boka rendudzi zvichabva kwauri, nemadzishe achabuda pachiuno chako.

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

¹²Uye nyika yandakapa Abhurahamu naIsaka ndichapa kwauri, nekumbeu yako shure kwako ndichaipa nyika.

¹³And God went up from him in the place where he had talked with him.

¹³Mwari ndokukwira achibva kwaari panzvimbo paakataura naye.

¹⁴And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had talked with him, a pillar of stone, and poured on it a drink-offering, and poured oil on it.

¹⁴Jakove ndoku­misa mbiru panzvimbo paakataura naye, mbiru yebwe; akadurura pamusoro payo chipiriso chechinwiwa, akadi­ra pamusoro payo mafuta.

¹⁵And Jacob called the name of the place where God had talked with him, Beth-el.

¹⁵Jakove ndokutumidza zita renzvimbo Mwari paakataura naye, Bheteri.

¹⁶And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing.

¹⁶Zvino vakafamba vachibva Bheteri; chichiri chi­nhambo kusvika Efurata; Rakeri akapona, akarwadziwa pakupona.

¹⁷And it came to pass when it went hard with her in her childbearing, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.

¹⁷Zvino zvikaitika pakurwadziwa achipona, kuti nyamukuta wakati kwaari: Usatya, nekuti uchava nemwanakomanazve.

¹⁸And it came to pass as her soul was departing -- for she died -- that she called his name Benoni; but his father called him Benjamin.

¹⁸Zvino zvakaitika mweya wake wobuda, nekuti wakafa, kuti wakatumidza zita rake Bhenoni; asi baba vake vakamutumidza Bhenjamini.

¹⁹And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.

¹⁹Rakeri ndokufa, akavigwa panzira inoenda Efurata, ndiro Bhetere­hemu.

²⁰And Jacob erected a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to [this] day.

²⁰Jakove ndokumisa mbiru pa­musoro peguva rake; ndiyo mbiru yeguva raRakeri kusvikira zuva ranhasi.

²¹And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent on the other side of Migdal-Eder.

²¹Isiraeri ndokufamba, akadzika tende rake mhiri kweshongwe yeEdheri.

²²And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. And the sons of Jacob were twelve.

²²Zvino zvakaitika Isiraeri agere munyika, kuti Rubheni wakaenda akanorara naBhiriha, murongo wababa vake, Isiraeri ndokuzvinzwa.

²³The sons of Leah: Reuben -- Jacob's firstborn -- and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

²³vanakomana vaRea: Rubheni, dangwe raJakove, naSimioni, naRevhi, naJudha, nalsakari, naZebhu­roni;

²⁴The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

²⁴vanakomana vaRakeri: Josefa naBhenjamini;

²⁵And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant: Dan and Naphtali.

²⁵uye vanakomana vaBhiriha, murandakadzi waRakeri: Dhani naNafu­tari;

²⁶And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob that were born to him in Padan-Aram.

²⁶uye vanakomana vaZiripa, muranda­kadzi waRea: Gadhi naAsheri. Ndivo vanakomana vaJakove, vaakaberekerwa paPadhani-Aramu.

²⁷And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre -- to Kirjath-Arba, which is Hebron; where Abraham had sojourned, and Isaac.

²⁷Jakove ndokusvika kuna Isaka baba vake paMamure, paKi­riyati-Abha ndiro Hebhuroni, Abhurahamu paaigara naIsaka vari vato­rwa.

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

²⁸Zvino mazuva aIsaka aiva makore zana nemakumi masere.

²⁹And Isaac expired and died, and was gathered to his peoples, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

²⁹Isaka ndokupera, akafa, akaunganidzwa pamarudzi ekwake, akwegura, azara nemazuva; vanakomana vake Esau naJakove vakamuviga.