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

¹And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

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

²Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments:

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

³and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

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

⁴And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

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

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

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

⁶So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him.

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

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

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

⁸And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.

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

⁹And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.

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

¹⁰And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

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

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

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

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

¹³Mwari ndokukwira achibva kwaari panzvimbo paakataura naye.

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

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

¹⁴And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spake with him, a pillar of stone: and he poured out a drink-offering thereon, and poured oil thereon.

¹⁵Jakove ndokutumidza zita renzvimbo Mwari paakataura naye, Bheteri.

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

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

¹⁶And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

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

¹⁷And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son.

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

¹⁸And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.

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

¹⁹And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

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

²⁰And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave: the same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

²¹Isiraeri ndokufamba, akadzika tende rake mhiri kweshongwe yeEdheri.

²¹And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

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

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

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

²³The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;

²⁴vanakomana vaRakeri: Josefa naBhenjamini;

²⁴the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;

²⁵uye vanakomana vaBhiriha, murandakadzi waRakeri: Dhani naNafu­tari;

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

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

²⁶and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram.

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

²⁷And Jacob came unto Isaac his father to Mamre, to Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

²⁸Zvino mazuva aIsaka aiva makore zana nemakumi masere.

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

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

²⁹And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of days: and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.