Gen 35:8 | KingComments | STEP | Then, just in between it seems, we read about a second burial in this chapter, that of Deborah. Deborah must have been an old woman. Before God can reappear to Jacob, she first must die. Is the meaning perhaps that first old traditions must disappear, the stories of the past, as if God today is not able to show Who He is? Only when there is a personal relationship, a daily relationship with the Lord, He will reveal Himself to us. We cannot prey on the stories of father and grandfather, however stimulating these stories may be in themselves.

‏ Genesis 35:8

Debora Dies

Then, just in between it seems, we read about a second burial in this chapter, that of Deborah. Deborah must have been an old woman. Before God can reappear to Jacob, she first must die. Is the meaning perhaps that first old traditions must disappear, the stories of the past, as if God today is not able to show Who He is? Only when there is a personal relationship, a daily relationship with the Lord, He will reveal Himself to us. We cannot prey on the stories of father and grandfather, however stimulating these stories may be in themselves.