Category: Genesis Chapter 35
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When Israel Heard – Genesis 35:22-29
Genesis 35:22-29“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: The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and…
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Jacob Buried, Israel Journeyed – Genesis 35:19-21
Genesis 35:19-21“And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day. And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.” This is one of those passages that lands heavy. Rachel…
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The Son of Sorrow, the Son of the Right Hand – Genesis 35:16-18
Genesis 35:16-18“And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. 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. And it came to pass,…
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Stay at Bethel – Genesis 35:15-16
Genesis 35:15, 16“And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel. And they journeyed from Bethel…” There’s something that stops you when you read that. Jacob names the place Bethel. The house of God. The place where God met him again. The place of renewal, of promise, of fresh clarity.…
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The Order Matters – Genesis 35:14
Genesis 35:14“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.” Jacob doesn’t just walk away from the moment. He marks it. Right there, in the place where God spoke to him, he sets…
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What God Gives, No Man Takes – Genesis 35:12-13
Genesis 35:12, 13“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. And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.” Notice the certainty here. The land was not something Jacob negotiated for, discovered…
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Named Again by God – Genesis 35:9-11
Genesis 35:9-11And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. 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.And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be…
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The Oak of Weeping – Genesis 35:8
Genesis 35:8But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. It is striking where this verse shows up. Jacob is back in the land. The idols are gone. Bethel has been regained. His understanding is deeper now. He is no longer just…
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Meeting the God of Bethel – Genesis 35:6-7
Genesis 35:6-7So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. 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. Jacob finally gets back…
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Kept on the Way – Genesis 35:5
Genesis 35:5And 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. I love the simplicity of that first phrase: And they journeyed. They buried the idols. They handed over the junk. They stopped lingering in Shechem. And then they…
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Come Back to Bethel – Resurrection Message from Genesis 35:2-4
Genesis 35:2-4Then 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: 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…
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Back to Bethel – Genesis 35:1
Genesis 35:1 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. His daughter raped, his sons mass murderers, Jacob’s family falling apart, the whole place stinking in his estimation, things…