Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 35

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Genesis 35 . 1 , God commands Jacob to go to Bethel; Genesis 35 . 2 , He purges his house of idols; Genesis 35 . 6 , He builds an altar at Bethel; Genesis 35 . 8 , Deborah dies at Allon-bachuth; Genesis 35 . 9 , God blesses Jacob at Bethel; Genesis 35 . 16 , Rachel travails of Benjamin , and dies in the way to Edar; Genesis 35 . 22 , Reuben lies with Bilhah; Genesis 35 . 23 , The sons of Jacob; Genesis 35 . 27 , Jacob comes to Isaac at Hebron; Genesis 35 . 28 , The age , death , and burial of Isaac.

Genesis 35:1

Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."

Genesis 35:1 · BSB

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Genesis 35:2

So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

Genesis 35:2 · BSB

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Genesis 35:3

Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone."

Genesis 35:3 · BSB

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Genesis 35:4

So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

Genesis 35:4 · BSB

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These rings were not worn as mere ornaments , but for superstitious purposes; perhaps as amulets or charms , first consecrated to some false god , or formed under some constellation , and stamped with magical characters. Maimonides mentions rings and jewels of this kind , with the image of the sun , moon , etc. , impressed upon them; and Augustine describes them . Epist. 73 as used for this execrable purpose

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Genesis 35:5

As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob's sons.

Genesis 35:5 · BSB

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Genesis 35:6

So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 35:6 · BSB

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Genesis 35:7

There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.

Genesis 35:7 · BSB

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i.e. the god of Beth-el

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Genesis 35:8

Now Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.

Genesis 35:8 · BSB

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i.e. the oak of weeping

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Genesis 35:9

After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

Genesis 35:9 · BSB

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Genesis 35:10

And God said to him, "Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel." So God named him Israel.

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Genesis 35:11

And God told him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

Genesis 35:11 · BSB

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Genesis 35:12

The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you."

Genesis 35:12 · BSB

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Genesis 35:13

Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.

Genesis 35:13 · BSB

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Genesis 35:14

So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.

Genesis 35:14 · BSB

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Genesis 35:15

Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

Genesis 35:15 · BSB

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Genesis 35:16

Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.

Genesis 35:16 · BSB

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Heb. a little piece of ground

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Genesis 35:17

During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, "Do not be afraid, for you are having another son."

Genesis 35:17 · BSB

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Genesis 35:18

And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

Genesis 35:18 · BSB

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i.e. the son of my sorrow

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i.e. the son of my right hand

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Genesis 35:19

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

Genesis 35:19 · BSB

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Genesis 35:20

Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.

Genesis 35:20 · BSB

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Genesis 35:21

Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.

Genesis 35:21 · BSB

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Genesis 35:22

While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father's concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

Genesis 35:22 · BSB

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In the Hebrew Text , a break is here left in the #### Verse , opposite to which there is a Masoretic note , which states that "there is a hiatus in the #### Verse." This hiatus the LXX , thus supplies . ךבי [Strong's G2532] , נןםחסןם [Strong's G4190] , וצבםח וםבםפיןם [Strong's G1726] , בץפןץ [Strong's G848] , "and it appeared evil in his sight."

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Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 35:23 · BSB

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Genesis 35:24

The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

Genesis 35:24 · BSB

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Genesis 35:25

The sons of Rachel's maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.

Genesis 35:25 · BSB

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Genesis 35:26

And the sons of Leah's maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

Genesis 35:26 · BSB

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Except Benjamin

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Genesis 35:27

Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

Genesis 35:27 · BSB

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Genesis 35:28

And Isaac lived 180 years.

Genesis 35:28 · BSB

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Genesis 35:29

Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 35:29 · BSB

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In the wider web11 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Genesis 35:11 → Genesis 1:28, 1 Chronicles 2:1-2 → Genesis 35:22-26, Hosea 12:4 → Genesis 35:15, Hosea 12:5 → Genesis 35:11-15, Micah 4:8 → Genesis 35:21, Micah 5:2 → Genesis 35:18-19
Trajectories
Benjamin (Son of the Right Hand), Bethel (House of God)
Chiasms
Shaped Genesis 25:12–35:26, Genesis 25:19–35:29 (Jacob Cycle), Genesis 35:1–16
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