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Genesis 35

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Part of Isaac and Jacob📖 Genesis introduction

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1God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.” ✦ 2Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments. ✦ 3Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.” ✦ 4They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. ✦ 5They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob. ✦ 6So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. ✦ 7He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother. ✦ 8Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth. ✦ 9God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him. ✦ 10God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel.” He named him Israel. ✦ 11God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body. ✦ 12The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your offspring after you will I give the land.” ✦ 13God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him. ✦ 14Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it. ✦ 15Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel”. ✦ 16They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor. ✦ 17When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.” ✦ 18As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin. ✦ 19Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem). ✦ 20Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day. ✦ 21Israel traveled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder. ✦ 22While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. ✦ 23The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. ✦ 24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. ✦ 25The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali. ✦ 26The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram. ✦ 27Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners. ✦ 28The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years. ✦ 29Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Gen 28 ·18Gen 35 ·12Gen 31 ·10Gen 46 ·7Gen 17 ·7Gen 30 ·7Gen 18 ·6Matt 2 ·6

Christ at the center

From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.

How Genesis 35 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Resources, by level

Lay

  • ★ Start hereDocumentaryExpedition BibleJoel Kramer · Free · evangelical

    On-location biblical archaeology from a credentialed archaeologist (M.A., excavated in Israel) — the best free place to start on "did it really happen?"

  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereVideoOverview: Genesis 1–11BibleProject · 9 min · Free

    The single best free starting point for Genesis 1–11 — clear, visual, and faithful to the literary design.

  • VideoSpoken GospelSpoken Gospel · Free · evangelical

    Short, gospel-centered videos and spoken-word poems showing how each passage points to Jesus — especially strong on the Old Testament.

  • ReferenceBook of Genesis — Visual GuideBibleProject · Free

    A free structured guide to the whole book — outline, themes, and links to each video.

  • DocumentaryIs Genesis History?Del Tackett · Free · evangelical

    A young-earth-creationist case for a literal Genesis, free on YouTube. (YEC is one view held by faithful Christians; others read Genesis differently — see the genre guide on how to read it.)

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Seminary

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryGenesis (Word Biblical Commentary)Gordon J. Wenham · Paid · evangelical

    For decades the gold-standard commentary on Genesis — technical but rich. (See the ranked list for alternatives like Hamilton, NICOT.)

  • BookThe Pentateuch as NarrativeJohn H. Sailhamer · ~560 pp · Library · evangelical

    A literary-theological reading that makes Genesis's design visible.

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