Gen 35 | TSK | STEP | God commands Jacob to go to Bethel. He purges his house of idols. He builds an altar at Bethel. Deborah dies at Allon-bachuth. God blesses Jacob at Bethel. Rachel travails of Benjamin, and dies in the way to Edar. Reuben lies with Bilhah. The sons of Jacob. Jacob comes to Isaac at Hebron. The age, death, and burial of Isaac. God said. Beth-el. when thou.

ear-rings.These rings were not worn as mere ornaments, but for superstitious purposes; perhaps as amulets or charms, first consecrated to some false god, or formed under some constellation, and stamped with magical characters. Maimonides mentions rings and jewels of this kind, with the image of the sun, moon, etc., impressed upon them; and Augustine describes them (Epist. 73,) as used for this execrable purpose.

Ex 32:2-4; Jud 8:24-27; Ho 2:13

hid them.

Ex 32:20; De 7:5,25; Isa 2:20; 30:22

the oak.

Jos 24:25,26; Jud 9:6

34:30; Ex 15:15,16; 23:27; 34:24; De 11:25; Jos 2:9-11; 5:1; 1Sa 11:7

1Sa 14:15; 2Ch 14:14; 17:10; Ps 14:5

Luz.

12:8; 28:19,22; Jud 1:22-26

built.

1,3; Ec 5:4,5

El-beth-el. i.e., the god of Beth-el.

28:13,19,22; Ex 17:15; Jud 6:24; Eze 48:35

Rebekah's.

24:59

under an oak.

1Sa 31:13

Allon-bachuth. i.e., the oak of weeping.

Jud 2:1,5

12:7; 17:1; 18:1; 26:2; 28:13; 31:3,11-13; 32:1,24-30; 35:1; 46:2,3

48:3,4; Jer 31:3; Ho 12:4; Ac 7:2

17:5,15; 32:27,28; 1Ki 18:31; 2Ki 17:34

God Almighty.

17:1; 18:14; 43:14; 48:3,4; Ex 6:3; 2Co 6:18

a nation.

12:2; 13:16; 15:5; 17:5-7,16; 18:18; 22:17; 28:3,4,14; 32:12; 46:3

48:4; Ex 1:7; Nu 1:1-26:65; 1Sa 1:1- 2Ch 36:23

the land.

12:7; 13:14-17; 15:18; 26:3,4; 28:3,4,13; 48:4; Ex 3:8; Jos 6:1-21:45

to.

Ne 13:1-31

11:5; 17:22; 18:33; Jud 6:21; 13:20; Lu 24:31

20; 28:18,19; Ex 17:15; 1Sa 7:12

Bethel.

28:19

a little way to come. Heb. a little piece of ground.

2Ki 5:19

Ephrath.

48:7; Ru 1:2; 1Ch 2:19; Ps 132:6; Mic 5:2; Mt 2:1,16,18

hard labour.

3:16; 1Ti 2:15

Fear not.

30:24; 1Sa 4:19-21

A.M. cir. 2275. B.C. cir. 1729. her soul.

30:1; 1Sa 4:20,21; Ps 16:10; Ex 12:7; La 2:12; Lu 12:20; 23:46

Ac 7:59

Ben-oni. i.e., the son of my sorrow.

1Ch 4:9

Benjamin. i.e., the son of my right hand.

42:4,38; 43:14; 44:27-31; Ps 80:17The Samaritan has {ben yamim,} "the son of days," i.e., of his old age, (ch. 44:20,) which Jerome renders Benjamin, {id est, filius dextrae, Benjamin,} that is, "the son of the right hand."

Rachel died.

48:7

Ephrath.

Jos 19:15; Ru 1:2; 4:11; Mic 5:2; 6:2; Mt 2:1,6,18

the pillar.

9,14; 1Sa 10:2; 2Sa 18:17,18

tower.

Mic 4:8; Lu 2:8

lay with.

49:4; Le 18:8; 2Sa 16:21,22; 20:3; 1Ch 5:1; 1Co 5:1

Now the sons.In the Hebrew text, a break is here left in the verse, opposite to which there is a Masoretic note, which states that "there is a hiatus in the verse." This hiatus the LXX., thus supplies: [kai poneros ephane enantion autou ,] "and it appeared evil in his sight."

18; 29:31-35; 30:5-24; 46:8-27; 49:1-28; Ex 1:1-5; 6:14-16; Nu 1:5-15

Nu 1:20-46; 2:3-33; 7:12-89; 26:5-51,57-62; 34:14-28; De 33:1-29

Jos 13:1-21:45; 1Ch 2:1,2; 12:23-40; 27:16-22; Eze 48:1-35; Ac 7:8

Re 7:4-8; 21:14

29:32-35; 30:18-20; 33:2; 46:8-15

16-18; 30:22-24; 46:19-22

30:4-8; 37:2; 46:23-25

And the sons.

30:9-13; 46:16-18

in Padan-aram. Except Benjamin.

18; 25:20; 28:2; 31:18

Jacob.