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.”

¹Huan, Pathianin, Jakob kiangah, thou inla, Bethel ah hohtou in, huailaiah om in: huan, na u Esau kianga kipan a na tai mang laia na kianga kilak Pathian a dingin huailaiah maitam dohin, achia.

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.

²Huchiin, Jakob in a inkuanpihte leh a kianga om tengteng kiangah, na lak ua mi dang Pathian omte koih mang unla, ki hih siangthou unla, na puansilh te uh kheng un:

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.”

³I thou ding ua, Bethel ah I paitou ding uh; huchiin, ka lungjin laia hon dawng, ka paina a ka kianga omjel Pathian a dingin maitam ka doh ding hi, achia.

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.

⁴Huchiin, mi dang Pathian a khut ua om tengteng leh a bil ua bilbah a bah tengteng uh Jakob kiangah a pia ua; huan, Jakob in Sekem kho kianga tosaw nuaiah a selta hi.

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

⁵Huan, a pai ua: a kim ua khuate un a kihta mahmah ua, Jakob tapate a delh kei uh.

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

⁶Huchiin, Jakob Kanan gama Luz khua a tunga, amah leh a kianga om tengteng toh (Luz Bethel ahi).

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.

⁷Huan, huaiah maitam a doha, a u kianga kipana a taimang lai in huailaiah Pathian a kianga a kilak jiakin, huai mun El-Bethel a chita hi.

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

⁸Huan, Rebeka honnu Debor a si a, Bethel nuaia tosaw nuaiah a vui ua; a tosaw min Allonbakuth a chi uh.

⁹God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.

⁹Huan, Jakob Paddan-aram gam akipana a hongtun in Pathian a kiangah a kilak nawna, a vualjawla.

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.

¹⁰Pathianin a kiangah, na min Jakob ahi a; na min Jakob ahi nawnta kei ding, na min Israel a hizota ding, achia: huchiin, a min dingin Israel a chita hi.

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.

¹¹Huan, Pathian mahin a kiangah, kei Pathian bangkim hihthei ka hi: chi tampi suangin hong pungin; chi chih tham ngial leh chi tuamtuam om khawm leng nangah a hong om ding ua, na khal a kipanin kumpipate leng a hongpawt ding uh;

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.”

¹²Huan, Abraham leh Isaak kianga ka gam piak na kiangah ka honpe ding, na om louh nung chianga na suante kiangah leng gam jaw ka pe jel ding, achia.

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

¹³Huan, Pathianin amah a houpih na mun a kipan in Jakob a paitouh santa.

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.

¹⁴Huan, a houpih na mun ah Jakob in banghiam a suana, (suang ahi, a phuh): a tungah thil lat, dawn chi, a buaka, a tungah sathau leng a buak hi.

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

¹⁵Huan, Jakob in, Pathian in a houpih na mun min dingin Bethel asa hi.

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

¹⁶Huan, Bethel akipan in a pai ua; huan, Ephrath kho tunna ding gamla tak ahi laia: huan, Rakil in nau a veia, a nak vei mahmah a.

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

¹⁷Huan, hichi ahia, a gim laitakin nau dom miin, lau ken: tapa dang na nei dinga hi, achia.

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.”

¹⁸Huan, hichi ahia, a kha a pawt dek laiin (a sita ngala) a min dingin Ben-oni a sa a: a pan bel Benjamin a sa hi.

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

¹⁹Huchiin, Rakil a sia, Ephrath lampi ah a vui ua (Ephrath khua Bethlehem khua ahi).

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

²⁰Huan, a han tungah Jakob in suang a phuta: huai tutanin Rakil han suangphuh ahi lai hi.

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

²¹Huan, Israel bel a pai jela, Migdol Eder khen lamah a puanin a kaia.

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.

²²Huan, hichi ahia, Israel huai gama om laiin Reuben in a pa mei Bilha a valuppiha: huan, Israel in huai a ja a.

²³The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

²³Huan, Jakob tapate sawm leh nih ahi ua: Lea tapate Reuben (Jakob ta masa) te, Simeon te, Levi te, Juda te, Issakar te, Zebulun te ahi uhi:

²⁴The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

²⁴Rakil tapate Joseph leh Benjamin ahi ua:

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

²⁵Rakil sikhanu Bilha tapate Dan leh Napthali ahi ua:

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

²⁶Huan, Lea sikhanu Zilpa tapate Gad leh Aser ahi ua: huaite Jakob tapa, Paddan-aram gama a neihte ahi uh.

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

²⁷Huan, Jakob Kiriath-arba khua a Abraham leh Isaak omna Mamrea a pa Isaak kiang a tungta. (Kiriath-arba khua Hebron ahi).

²⁸The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.

²⁸Huan, Isaak damsung kum ja leh kum sawm giat ahi.Huan, Isaakin a kha a khah a, upapi tek kuna damin a si a, a chipihte kiangah piin a om samta: huan, a tapa Esau leh Jakob in a vuita uhi.

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.

²⁹Huan, Isaakin a kha a khah a, upapi tek kuna damin a si a, a chipihte kiangah piin a om samta: huan, a tapa Esau leh Jakob in a vuita uhi.