Genesis 35:9
When Jacob returned from his uncle's country, God again appeared to Jacob, he spoke very kindly to him.
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In The King James Version
And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 17:1Abram became old, having 99 years. After that God again appeared to him. He said to him, “I am the greatest [lit. 'I truly am another'], very strong. All others are weak alongside me. Listen to me, do the right thing always.
Genesis 31:3After that God said to Jacob, “Go back to your father's country, to your own people, I will take care of you.” In that way God spoke to him.
Genesis 32:1As Jacob was going on towards his father's country, some of God's angels came to him.
Genesis 32:30Jacob said to himself, “I saw God's face. Wow! He didn't kill me.” Because of that Jacob named that camp Peniel. That name says, 'God's Face'.
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 →