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Genesis 34:30
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed."
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed."
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Genesis 35:1
Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.
Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.
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Genesis 35:2
And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments.
The acute distress of Jacob due to his sons' massacre of the Shechemites had probably sent the patriarch to his knees in prayer. God's answer came in the command to "Go up to Bethel," a thing Jacob had long ago promised to do, but which he had neglected, despite the fact of its being only a day's journey from Shechem. He had just been too busy making money. To go "up" to Bethel was true geographically, for the place was a thousand feet above the lowland of Shechem, but the expression "to go up to" was also true in another way. "The verb go up often described a religious pilgrimage."F6 In Jacob's case both meanings are applicable, for it was indeed a renewal of religious faith on the part of Jacob. As a preparation for this journey, Jacob demanded and received obedience from his family that they: (1) put away their idols; (2) purified themselves; and (3) changed their clothes. Francisco suggested that this latter requirement might have been the origin "of our custom of wearing `our Sunday best'."F7 Coffman's Commentaries
And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments.
The acute distress of Jacob due to his sons' massacre of the Shechemites had probably sent the patriarch to his knees in prayer. God's answer came in the command to "Go up to Bethel," a thing Jacob had long ago promised to do, but which he had neglected, despite the fact of its being only a day's journey from Shechem. He had just been too busy making money. To go "up" to Bethel was true geographically, for the place was a thousand feet above the lowland of Shechem, but the expression "to go up to" was also true in another way. "The verb go up often described a religious pilgrimage."F6 In Jacob's case both meanings are applicable, for it was indeed a renewal of religious faith on the part of Jacob. As a preparation for this journey, Jacob demanded and received obedience from his family that they: (1) put away their idols; (2) purified themselves; and (3) changed their clothes. Francisco suggested that this latter requirement might have been the origin "of our custom of wearing `our Sunday best'."F7 Coffman's Commentaries
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Genesis 35:3
"Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone."
"Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone."
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Genesis 35:4
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem.
a. Jacob's family only got right with God after Jacob himself did. This again shows us the tremendous leadership role men have within the family. A man who is resisting God will see the same effect in his children. A man who gets right with God will see the effect in his family, also.
i. How could Jacob's kids keep foreign gods? Because mom did! Remember, Rachel clung to the household idols of her father (Genesis 31:19). No matter how hard we try to teach our children godly conduct, they will still do what we do! D. Guzik note
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem.
a. Jacob's family only got right with God after Jacob himself did. This again shows us the tremendous leadership role men have within the family. A man who is resisting God will see the same effect in his children. A man who gets right with God will see the effect in his family, also.
i. How could Jacob's kids keep foreign gods? Because mom did! Remember, Rachel clung to the household idols of her father (Genesis 31:19). No matter how hard we try to teach our children godly conduct, they will still do what we do! D. Guzik note
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Genesis 35:5
And they journeyed, and the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
And they journeyed, and the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
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So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
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Genesis 35:7
And he built an altar there and called the place El Bethel, because there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.
And he built an altar there and called the place El Bethel, because there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.
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Genesis 35:8
Now DEBORAH< Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the terebinth tree. So the name of it was called Allon Bachuth.
Now DEBORAH< Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the terebinth tree. So the name of it was called Allon Bachuth.
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Genesis 35:9
Then God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padam Aram, and blessed him.
Then God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padam Aram, and blessed him.
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And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Israel anymore, but Israel shall be your name." So He called his name Israel.
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Genesis 35:11
Also God said to him: "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.
Also God said to him: "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.
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Genesis 35:12
"The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land."
"The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land."
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