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Genesis 35:14
So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it.
So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it.
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Genesis 35:15
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.
a. When Jacob finally arrives at the place God had told him to go, Jacob immediately finds great blessing. God appears to him, God blesses him, and God calls him by his new name (Israel).
i. The reminder of the new name was important, because Jacob had been acting like Jacob instead of Israel. Yet, God wants to set his mind on what God has made of him. God does the same with us, reminding us who we are in Him. D. Guzik note
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.
a. When Jacob finally arrives at the place God had told him to go, Jacob immediately finds great blessing. God appears to him, God blesses him, and God calls him by his new name (Israel).
i. The reminder of the new name was important, because Jacob had been acting like Jacob instead of Israel. Yet, God wants to set his mind on what God has made of him. God does the same with us, reminding us who we are in Him. D. Guzik note
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Genesis 35:16
Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel travailed in childbirth, and she had hard labor.
Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel travailed in childbirth, and she had hard labor.
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Genesis 35:17
Now it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, you will have this son also."
Now it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, you will have this son also."
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Genesis 35:18
And so it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name BenOni: but his father called him Benjamin.
And so it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name BenOni: but his father called him Benjamin.
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Genesis 35:20
And Jacob set a pillar on her grave, which is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.
D. Guzik has what seems to me "cutting remarks" at times...but the following is interesting to me right now:
a. Rachel's death was in tragic fulfillment of the curse Jacob himself had pronounced on the one who had stolen the idols of Laban (Genesis 31:32).
i. In Genesis 30:1, Rachel pleaded with Jacob, Give me children, or else I die! As it happened, both became true. She had children, and died as a result.
b. It also shows us, even when we get right with God and return to our first love, as Jacob did at Bethel, it doesn't mean life becomes a bed of roses. There are constant challenges for us to trust God.
i. If getting right with God doesn't give us an easier life, what good is it? If that is your attitude, then God is not your god, comfort is. All you want is a comfortable life, not a godly life. The symbol of your life is a Lazy-Boy recliner, not a cross.
And Jacob set a pillar on her grave, which is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.
D. Guzik has what seems to me "cutting remarks" at times...but the following is interesting to me right now:
a. Rachel's death was in tragic fulfillment of the curse Jacob himself had pronounced on the one who had stolen the idols of Laban (Genesis 31:32).
i. In Genesis 30:1, Rachel pleaded with Jacob, Give me children, or else I die! As it happened, both became true. She had children, and died as a result.
b. It also shows us, even when we get right with God and return to our first love, as Jacob did at Bethel, it doesn't mean life becomes a bed of roses. There are constant challenges for us to trust God.
i. If getting right with God doesn't give us an easier life, what good is it? If that is your attitude, then God is not your god, comfort is. All you want is a comfortable life, not a godly life. The symbol of your life is a Lazy-Boy recliner, not a cross.
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Genesis 35.20
Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel's tomb.
35.21
Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder, while Israel was living in the region, Reuben went in a slept with his father's concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it.
Jacob had twelve sons:
The sons of Leah:
Reuben the firstborn of Jacob,
Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and
Zebulun.
The sons of Rachel
Joseph and Benjamin.
The sons of Rachel's maidservant
Bilhah:
Dan and Napthali.
The sons of Leah's maidservant Zilpah:
Gad and Asher.
These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddam Aram.
Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel's tomb.
35.21
Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder, while Israel was living in the region, Reuben went in a slept with his father's concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it.
Jacob had twelve sons:
The sons of Leah:
Reuben the firstborn of Jacob,
Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and
Zebulun.
The sons of Rachel
Joseph and Benjamin.
The sons of Rachel's maidservant
Bilhah:
Dan and Napthali.
The sons of Leah's maidservant Zilpah:
Gad and Asher.
These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddam Aram.
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Genesis 35:27
Then Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kirjath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.
Then Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kirjath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.
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Genesis 35:29
So Isaac breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
So Isaac breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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Genesis 36:2
Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
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Genesis 36:5
And Aholibamah bore Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
And Aholibamah bore Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 36:6
Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the persons of his household, his cattle and all his animals, and all his goods which he had gained in the land of Canaan, and went to a country away from the presences of his brother Jacob.
Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the persons of his household, his cattle and all his animals, and all his goods which he had gained in the land of Canaan, and went to a country away from the presences of his brother Jacob.
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Genesis 36:7
For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were stranger could not support them because of their livestock.
For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were stranger could not support them because of their livestock.
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