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

¹God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

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

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

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

³Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to 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.

⁴They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, 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.

⁵They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob.

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

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

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

⁷He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to 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.

⁸Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.

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

⁹God appeared to 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.

¹⁰God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel.” He named him Israel.

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

¹¹God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.

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

¹²The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your seed after you will I give the land.”

¹³Mwari ndokukwira achibva kwaari panzvimbo paakataura naye.

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

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

¹⁴Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.

¹⁵Jakove ndokutumidza zita renzvimbo Mwari paakataura naye, Bheteri.

¹⁵Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel.”

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

¹⁶They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.

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

¹⁷When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”

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

¹⁸It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Benoni, “Benoni” means “son of my trouble.” but his father named him Benjamin. “Benjamin” means “son of my right hand.”

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

¹⁹Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).

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

²⁰Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.

²¹Isiraeri ndokufamba, akadzika tende rake mhiri kweshongwe yeEdheri.

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

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

²²It happened, while Israel lived 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 firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

²⁴vanakomana vaRakeri: Josefa naBhenjamini;

²⁴The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

²⁵uye vanakomana vaBhiriha, murandakadzi waRakeri: Dhani naNafu­tari;

²⁵The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s handmaid): Dan and Naphtali.

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

²⁶The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s handmaid): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

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

²⁷Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.

²⁸Zvino mazuva aIsaka aiva makore zana nemakumi masere.

²⁸The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.

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

²⁹Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.