Genesis 35:1, God commands Jacob to go to Bethel; Genesis 35:2, He purges his house of idols; Genesis 35:6, He builds an altar at Bethel; Genesis 35:8, Deborah dies at Allon-bachuth; Genesis 35:9, God blesses Jacob at Bethel; Genesis 35:16, Rachel travails of Benjamin, and dies in the way to Edar; Genesis 35:22, Reuben lies with Bilhah; Genesis 35:23, The sons of Jacob; Genesis 35:27, Jacob comes to Isaac at Hebron; Genesis 35:28, The age, death, and burial of Isaac.
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Genesis 35
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to perform it, v. 1. Jacob had said in the day of his distress, If I
come again in peace, this stone shall be God's house, ch. xxviii. 22.…Genesis 35:1Genesis 35:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd God—Elohim. The employment of this name for the Deity throughout the present chapter has been deemed conclusive evidence that, with Rome Jehovistic alterations, it belongs to the fundamental document (Tuch, Bleek,…Genesis 35:1-15Genesis 35:1-15 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONGenesis 35:1-15Genesis 35:1-15 · The Pulpit CommentaryBethel revisited.
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