Genesis 35:9
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.
8 Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.
After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
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.
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
- KJV
- And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.
- WEB
- God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.
- ASV
- And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.
- DARBY
- And God appeared to Jacob again after he had come from Padan-Aram, and blessed him.
- BLB
- And God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He blessed him.
- ÅB
- Og Gud åpenbarte seg nok en gang for Jakob, da han kom fra Mesopotamia, og velsignet ham.
- OTB
- Gud åpenbarte seg igjen for Jakob etter hans retur fra Paddan-Aram, og Han velsignet ham.
- B1930
- Og Gud åpenbarte sig atter for Jakob, da han kom fra Mesopotamia, og velsignet ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 26:2
The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.
Read in contextGenesis 18:1
Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.
Read in contextGenesis 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.”
Read in contextGenesis 12:7
Then 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.
Read in contextGenesis 48:3–4
Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
Read in contextGenesis 46:2–3
And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.
Read in contextGenesis 32:24–30
So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
Read in contextGenesis 31:11–13
In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’
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