Genesis 35
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God commands Jacob to go to Beth-el, He puts away false gods from his family
Verse 1
WEB God 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.”
KJV And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
TSK God said: ge 22:14, de 32:36, ps 46:1, ps 91:15; Beth-el: ge 35:7, ge 12:8, ge 13:3,4, ge 28:10-22, ge 31:3,13, ps 47:4, ec 5:4-6, ho 12:4, na 1:15; when thou: ge 16:8, ge 27:41-45, ex 2:15
Verse 2
WEB Then 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.
KJV Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
TSK unto his: ge 18:19, jos 24:15, ps 101:2-7; strange: ge 31:19,34, ex 20:3,4, ex 23:13, de 5:7, de 6:14, de 7:25, de 11:28, de 32:16, jos 23:7, jos 24:2,20,23, jud 10:16, ru 1:15, 1sa 7:3, 2sa 7:23, 2ki 17:29, 1ch 16:26, jer 5:7, jer 16:20, da 5:4, ac 19:26, 1co 10:7, 2co 6:15-17, ga 4:8; clean: ge 35:22, ge 34:2,24,25, ex 19:10,14, le 15:5, le 17:16, nu 31:24, 2ki 5:10,12,13, job 1:5, ps 51:2,7, ec 5:1, isa 1:16, isa 52:11, jer 13:27, eze 18:31, eze 20:7, eze 36:25, joh 13:10,11, 2co 7:1, heb 10:22, jas 4:8, 1pe 2:1,2, jude 1:23
Verse 3
WEB Let 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.”
KJV And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
TSK who answered: ge 28:12,13, ge 32:7,24, ps 46:1, ps 50:15, ps 66:13,14, ps 91:15, ps 103:1-5, ps 107:6,8, ps 116:1,2,16-18, ps 118:19-22, isa 30:19; was with: ge 28:20, ge 31:3,42, pr 3:6, isa 43:2
Verse 4
WEB They 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.
KJV And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
TSK earrings: ex 32:2-4, jud 8:24-27, ho 2:13; hid them: ex 32:20, de 7:5,25, isa 2:20, isa 30:22; the oak: jos 24:25,26, jud 9:6
Verse 5
WEB They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob.
KJV And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
TSK And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.: ge 34:30, ex 15:15,16, ex 23:27, ex 34:24, de 11:25, jos 2:9-11, jos 5:1, 1sa 11:7, 1sa 14:15, 2ch 14:14, 2ch 17:10, ps 14:5
Jacob makes an altar, Death of Deborah, God gives a blessing to Jacob
Verse 6
WEB So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
KJV So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
TSK Luz: ge 12:8, ge 28:19,22, jud 1:22-26
Verse 7
WEB He 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.
KJV And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
TSK built: ge 35:1,3, ec 5:4,5; Elbethel: ge 28:13,19,22, ex 17:15, jud 6:24, eze 48:35
Verse 8
WEB Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.
KJV But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
TSK Rebekah's: ge 24:59; under an oak: 1sa 31:13; Allonbachuth: jud 2:1,5
Verse 9
WEB God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.
KJV And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
TSK And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.: ge 12:7, ge 17:1, ge 18:1, ge 26:2, ge 28:13, ge 31:3,11-13, ge 32:1,24-30, ge 35:1, ge 46:2,3, ge 48:3,4, jer 31:3, ho 12:4, ac 7:2
Verse 10
WEB God 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.
KJV And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
TSK And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.: ge 17:5,15, ge 32:27,28, 1ki 18:31, 2ki 17:34
Verse 11
WEB God 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.
KJV And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
TSK God Almighty: ge 17:1, ge 18:14, ge 43:14, ge 48:3,4, ex 6:3, 2co 6:18; a nation: ge 12:2, ge 13:16, ge 15:5, ge 17:5-7,16, ge 18:18, ge 22:17, ge 28:3,4,14, ge 32:12, ge 46:3, ge 48:4, ex 1:7, nu 1:1-26
Verse 12
WEB The 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.”
KJV And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
TSK the land: ge 12:7, ge 13:14-17, ge 15:18, ge 26:3,4, ge 28:3,4,13, ge 48:4, ex 3:8, jos 6:1-21; to: ne 13:1-31
Verse 14
WEB Jacob 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.
KJV And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
TSK And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.: ge 35:20, ge 28:18,19, ex 17:15, 1sa 7:12
Verse 15
WEB Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel.”
KJV And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
TSK Bethel: ge 28:19
Death of Rachel
Verse 16
WEB They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.
KJV And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
TSK a little way to come: 2ki 5:19; Ephrath: ge 48:7, ru 1:2, 1ch 2:19, ps 132:6, mic 5:2, mt 2:1,16,18; hard labour: ge 3:16, 1ti 2:15
Verse 17
WEB When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”
KJV And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
TSK Fear not: ge 30:24, 1sa 4:19-21
Verse 18
WEB It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
KJV And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
TSK A. M. cir. 2275. B.C. cir. 1729. her soul: ge 30:1, 1sa 4:20,21, ps 16:10, ex 12:7, la 2:12, lu 12:20, lu 23:46, ac 7:59; Benoni: 1ch 4:9; Benjamin: ge 42:4,38, ge 43:14, ge 44:27-31, ps 80:17
Verse 20
WEB Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.
KJV And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
TSK the pillar: ge 35:9,14, 1sa 10:2, 2sa 18:17,18
Reuben's crime, The death of Isaac
Verse 22
WEB It 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.
KJV And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
TSK lay with: ge 49:4, le 18:8, 2sa 16:21,22, 2sa 20:3, 1ch 5:1, 1co 5:1; now the sons: ge 35:18, ge 29:31-35, ge 30:5-24, ge 46:8-27, ge 49:1-28, ex 1:1-5, ex 6:14-16, nu 1:5-15, nu 1:20-46, nu 2:3-33, nu 7:12-89, nu 26:5-51,57-62, nu 34:14-28, de 33:1-29, jos 13:1-21, 1ch 2:1,2, 1ch 12:23-40, 1ch 27:16-22, eze 48:1-35, ac 7:8, re 7:4-8, re 21:14
Verse 23
WEB The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
KJV The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
TSK The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:: ge 29:32-35, ge 30:18-20, ge 33:2, ge 46:8-15
Verse 24
WEB The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
KJV The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
TSK The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:: ge 35:16-18, ge 30:22-24, ge 46:19-22
Verse 25
WEB The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s handmaid): Dan and Naphtali.
KJV And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
TSK And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:: ge 30:4-8, ge 37:2, ge 46:23-25
Verse 26
WEB The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s handmaid): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
KJV And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
TSK And the sons: ge 30:9-13, ge 46:16-18; in Padan-aram: ge 35:18, ge 25:20, ge 28:2, ge 31:18
Verse 27
WEB Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.
KJV And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
TSK Jacob: ge 27:43-45, ge 28:5; Mamre: ge 13:18, ge 14:13, ge 18:1, ge 23:2,19, jos 14:12-15, jos 15:13, jos 21:11, 2sa 2:1,3,11, 2sa 5:1,3,5
Verse 29
WEB Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.
KJV And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
TSK A. M. 2288. B.C. 1716. Isaac: ge 3:19, ge 15:15, ge 25:7,8,17, ge 27:1,2, ge 49:33, job 5:26, ec 12:5-7; his sons: ge 23:19,20, ge 25:9, ge 27:41, ge 49:31