Genesis 35:9

And God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.

In Context

8At the same time Debora the nurse of Rebecca died, and was buried at the foot of Bethel under an oak: and the name of that place was called, The oak of weeping.

10Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:1And after he began to be ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto him: I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be perfect.

Genesis 26:2And the Lord appeared to him and said: Go not down into Egypt, but stay in the land that I shall tell thee.

Genesis 31:3Especially the Lord saying to him: Return into the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I will be with thee.

Genesis 32:1Jacob also went on the journey he had begun: and the angels of God met him.

Genesis 32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.

Genesis 46:2He heard him by a vision in the night calling him, and saying to him: Jacob, Jacob. And he answered him: Lo, here I am.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 35:7-16

Jacob's Arrival at Bethel. ( b. c. 1732.) 6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-Beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.… Read the whole commentary →

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