¹ Umunsi gumwe Imana yabyiye Yakobo tangira kugenda kuja i Beteli unyubakire uko ikitwikiro nyewe Imana yakubonekeye ichiye cho wayikurire muhungu we Esau. ² Noneho Yakobo yababwira numuryango we na bandi bose babaga ho, ati mutane n'isanamu yibigeni. Ibyo mufite mukiyeze no guhindura imyenda yenyu. ³ Hanyuma turaza i Beteli kugira unyubakire ichitwikiro Imana yatabeye mumisi yibigeragezo byanje uwabeye nanje hoshe aho nadyiye. ⁴ Noneho banuheye Yakobo ibisanamu byose byibigeni ibyo babaga bafite ku maboko yabo nimpet zokumatwi: Yakobo yabihishire hasi yumwaro. ⁵ Batangiye kugenda nibitinyisho bikomeye biragenda hejuru yi gihugu chabaga chibazungurukire. Kandi ntaho bayirukire bakurikiye inyuma y'abana ba Yakobo. ⁶ Noneho Yakobo yayijire uwa Ruzi yaberaza i Kanana (Beteli) arihamwe nabandi bose boyabaga arikugendana nabo. ⁷ Yayubakire uko ikitwikiro ya hitire izina yaho Eli-Beteli. Hejuru yaho Imana yayiyerekenye uwe, umwanya go ya yirukire arikuva bene nyina. ⁸ Na Debora, aya ya Rebeka arigupfa yahambigwe i Beteli hasi yu mwero yiyitirwe izina rye Aloni Baruti. ⁹ Imana yayirekeye kandi uwa Yakobo umwenya go ya yijishe aviye Ipadani-Yaalamu ya muheye imigisha. ¹⁰ Imana yamubwiye ngo: izina gyawe ni Yakobo. Yamubwiye izina gyawe rihindukire Isiraeli. ¹¹ Imana yamubwiye ngo: nyewe ndi Mana iboneye ugende winyongerere ubwoko ni miryango kangari mu wawe na bami bakave wawe na bami bakave iwawe. ¹² Nibihugo byo nakuheye buraha mu Isaka, ejo ndabiguha weho nurubyaro gwawe nyuma yawe. ¹³ Imana yataramire iva iwe bikurikiranye nibyo yamuzanyiye. ¹⁴ Yakobo yahagarikire i nkingi hahandi aho yarikuganirira nawe. Hamwe nikingi ya mabuye, amenaho ibyo kunywa ameneho namavuta hejuru. ¹⁵ Yakobo yahirire izina gaho go Imana ya mubyiye. ¹⁶ Batangiye i safaribarikuja i Beteli, bagerire hafi yo kusohorayo uwaye Fura Rebeka yafatirwe ninda yo kubyara yagirire umubabaro wo kubyara. ¹⁷ Byagerire igihe choyagize umubabaro mwinci cane ngo kuzara. uwo kumuzarisha ya mubyiye utatinya uragira undi mwana. ¹⁸ Bigerire akanya ko gupfa amwita izina rye Benoni, ariko she yamuheye izina Benjamini. ¹⁹ Rasheli arapfa bamuhambire kubarabara ryi Efrati iri mu Betlehemu. ²⁰ Yakobo ashiraho kukaburi ye inkingi: iyo nkingi iliho kugeza na none. ²¹ Ariko Isiraeliayeneze ihem ye hakurya yu musozi Edeli. ²² Habeyeho igihe cho Isiraeli ya yicheye muricho kihugo Rubeni yagenda ya ryama na Bilha, injoreke ya she Isiraeli ya yumva abana ba Yakobo baza bari cumi na babiri. ²³ Abana ba Lea, Rubeni uwabyenye wa mbere uwa Yakobo, na Simeoni na Lawi na Yuda na Isaka na Zabuloni. ²⁴ Na bana ba Rasheli : Yozefu na Benjamini. ²⁵ Abana ba Bilha umukozi wa Rasheli: Dani na Nafutali. ²⁶ Abana ba Zilpa umukoze wa Lea: Gadi, Aseri. Abo bana ba Yakobo bo yazarire iwe iwa Padani-Alamu. ²⁷ Na Yakobo yayijire kwa Isaka she we i Mamure, i kiri ati ( aba uri Hebroni) ahantu Abrahamu na Isaka aho bari bicheye. ²⁸ Nichechesha Isaka yabaga ari imyaka ijana na mirongo munane. ²⁹ Isaka ya hereyeko apfa yateranye n'abandu biwabo nabamarire iminsi myinji. Abana ba Esau na bayakobo ba muhamba aho.