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    Genesis 35

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    God gives Jacob the name Israel, and Genesis 35 then cheerfully uses both names, sometimes before the ink is dry: Jacob builds, Israel hears, and Jacob buries.

    The buried gods and the altar at Bethelvv. 1–8

    God sends Jacob back to Bethel, where he is to settle and build an altar. Jacob responds with a household cleansing: foreign gods and earrings are handed over and buried under the oak near Shechem, which is a remarkably quiet disposal for a whole collection of gods. The journey proceeds under a divine terror that keeps the surrounding cities at bay. At Bethel Jacob builds the altar and names the place El-bethel; then Deborah dies and receives a place-name of her own, Allon-bacuth.

    A new name, a difficult birthvv. 9–20

    After returning from Paddan-aram, Jacob is blessed and renamed Israel. God speaks of nations, kings, land, and descendants; then God goes up, while Jacob marks the speaking-place with a stone, drink offering, and oil. Bethel is named again, as though the place might benefit from a second label. On the road to Ephrath, Rachel gives birth with great difficulty. The midwife says there is another son; Rachel names him Ben-oni with her last breath, while his father calls him Benjamin. Rachel is buried on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem, and Jacob raises a pillar over her grave. In the middle of Rachel’s naming appears the curious little passenger “vvv,” which is given no explanation at all.

    A family list and the death of Isaacvv. 21–29

    Israel pitches his tent beyond the Tower of Eder. There Reuben sleeps with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel hears about it. The narrative does not tell what Israel does next; it simply produces Jacob’s twelve sons in orderly groups—Leah’s, Rachel’s, Bilhah’s, and Zilpah’s—after which Jacob returns to Isaac at Mamre. Isaac dies at 180, and Esau and Jacob bury him. The chapter is fond of names, and ends with two sons performing the same final duty together.

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    1. Gen 35:1Then 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.”

    2. Gen 35:2So 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.

    3. Gen 35:3Then 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.”

    4. Gen 35:4So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

    5. Gen 35:5As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

    6. Gen 35:6So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

    7. Gen 35:7There 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.

    8. Gen 35:8Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.

    9. Gen 35:9After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

    10. Gen 35:10And 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.

    11. Gen 35:11And 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.

    12. Gen 35:12The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”

    13. Gen 35:13Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.

    14. Gen 35:14So 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.

    15. Gen 35:15Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

    16. Gen 35:16Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.

    17. Gen 35:17During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”

    18. Gen 35:18And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named vvv him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

    19. Gen 35:19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

    20. Gen 35:20Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.

    21. Gen 35:21Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.

    22. Gen 35:22While 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:

    23. Gen 35:23The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

    24. Gen 35:24The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

    25. Gen 35:25The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.

    26. Gen 35:26And 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.

    27. Gen 35:27Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

    28. Gen 35:28And Isaac lived 180 years.

    29. Gen 35:29Then 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.

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    • 10Genesis 17:5No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
    • 1Genesis 31:13I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up, leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
    • 2Exodus 19:14When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.
    • 2Exodus 19:10Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes
    • 11Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
    • 29Genesis 15:15You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
    • 5Exodus 23:27I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
    • 10Genesis 32:27–28“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
    • 11Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
    • 11Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
    • 12Genesis 12:7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
    • 221 Chronicles 5:1These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright.
    • 2Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
    • 3Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
    • 12Genesis 28:13And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
    • 19Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

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