上帝在伯特利赐福雅各　
　　上帝对雅各说∶“你到伯特利去，住在那里。你要在那里为我建一座祭坛。我就是你逃避哥哥以扫的时候向你显现的上帝。”
　　于是，雅各对他的家族和所有跟他同行的人说∶“要把你们带来的外族神像扔掉；要洁净自己，换上干净的衣服。我们要离开这里，往伯特利去，在那里为上帝建一座祭坛。我遭遇困难的时候，上帝帮助了我；我到处流浪的时候，他与我同在。”于是他们把所有的外族神像和所戴的耳环都交给雅各；雅各把这些东西埋在示剑附近的橡树下。
　　雅各和他的儿子们动身的时候，上帝使周围城镇的人非常惊慌，不敢追击他们。雅各和全家的人来到迦南的路斯，现在叫做伯特利的地方。他在那里建一座祭坛，称那地方为伊勒·伯特利，因为他逃离哥哥的时候，上帝在那里亲自向他显现。[注解]　丽百加的奶妈底波拉死了，葬在伯特利南部的橡树下，因此那棵树叫做“哭泣的橡树”。
　　雅各从美索不达米亚回来以后，上帝再向他显现，赐福给他。上帝对他说∶“你的名字是雅各，但今后你要叫以色列。”于是上帝给他改名为以色列。上帝对他说∶“我是全能的上帝；我要给你许许多多子孙。许多国家将从你的子孙兴起；你将作好些君王的祖宗。我要把我赐给亚伯拉罕和以撒的土地赐给你和你的后代。”说完这话，上帝离开了他。雅各在上帝向他显现的地方立了一块石头作纪念碑，在上面浇酒和橄榄油。他称那地方为伯特利。
　　蕾洁难产而死　
　　雅各和他的家族从伯特利出发。他们来到离以法他还有一段路的地方，蕾洁产期到了。她难产，阵痛到忍受不住的时候，接生婆对她说∶“别怕，又是一个男孩子。”当她奄奄一息、快要断气的时候，她给孩子取名便·俄尼；他父亲却给他取名便雅悯。[注解]　
　　蕾洁死了，葬在通往以法他的路边；以法他现在叫伯利恒。雅各在那里立了墓碑，到今天这墓碑还在蕾洁的坟墓上。雅各继续他的路程，在以得塔的南边扎营。
　　雅各的儿子（代上2·1-2）　
　　雅各还住在那地区的时候，他的长子吕便跟父亲的妾辟拉睡觉。雅各听见这件事，非常忿怒。[注解]　
　　雅各有十二个儿子。[注解]　丽亚生的有∶雅各的长子吕便，还有西缅、利未、犹大、以萨迦、西布伦。蕾洁生的有∶约瑟、便雅悯。蕾洁的女奴辟拉生的是但和拿弗他利。丽亚的女奴悉帕生的是迦得和亚设。这些儿子都是在美索不达米亚出生的。
　　以撒的死　
　　雅各来到幔利他父亲以撒那里；幔利就是希伯仑，是亚伯拉罕和以撒住过的地方。以撒享寿一百八十岁。他年高老迈而死；他的儿子以扫和雅各把他埋葬了。

　　God Blesses Jacob at Bethel　
　　God said to Jacob, "Go to Bethel at once, and live there. Build an altar there to me, the God who appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau."[注解]　
　　So Jacob said to his family and to all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that you have; purify yourselves and put on clean clothes. We are going to leave here and go to Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who helped me in the time of my trouble and who has been with me everywhere I have gone." So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that they had and also the earrings that they were wearing. He buried them beneath the oak tree near Shechem.
　　When Jacob and his sons started to leave, great fear fell on the people of the nearby towns, and they did not pursue them. Jacob came with all his people to Luz, which is now known as Bethel, in the land of Canaan. He built an altar there and named the place for the God of Bethel, because God had revealed himself to him there when he was running away from his brother. Rebecca's nurse Deborah died and was buried beneath the oak south of Bethel. So it was named "Oak of Weeping."
　　When Jacob returned from Mesopotamia, God appeared to him again and blessed him. God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but from now on it will be Israel." So God named him Israel. [注解]　And God said to him, "I am Almighty God. Have many children. Nations will be descended from you, and you will be the ancestor of kings. [注解]　I will give you the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, and I will also give it to your descendants after you." Then God left him. There, where God had spoken to him, Jacob set up a memorial stone and consecrated it by pouring wine and olive oil on it. [注解]　He named the place Bethel.
　　The Death of Rachel　
　　Jacob and his family left Bethel, and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, the time came for Rachel to have her baby, and she was having difficult labor. When her labor pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, Rachel; it's another boy." But she was dying, and as she breathed her last, she named her son Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.[注解]　
　　When Rachel died, she was buried beside the road to Ephrath, now known as Bethlehem. Jacob set up a memorial stone there, and it still marks Rachel's grave to this day. Jacob moved on and set up his camp on the other side of the tower of Eder.
　　The Sons of Jacob
(1 Chronicles 2.1, 2)　
　　While Jacob was living in that land, Reuben had sexual intercourse with Bilhah, one of his father's concubines; Jacob heard about it and was furious. [注解]　
　　Jacob had twelve sons. [注解]　The sons of Leah were Reuben (Jacob's oldest son), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. The sons of Rachel's slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali. The sons of Leah's slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These sons were born in Mesopotamia.
　　The Death of Isaac　
　　Jacob went to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived. [注解]　Isaac lived to be a hundred and eighty years old and died at a ripe old age; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.