Genesis 35:9

After Jacob and his family returned from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, while they were still at Bethel, God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8Deborah, who had taken care of Isaac’s wife Rebekah when Rebekah was a small girl, was now very old. She died and was buried under an oak tree south of Bethel. So they named that place Allon-Bacuth, which means ‘oak of weeping’.

10God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:1When Abram was 99 years old, Yahweh appeared to him again and said to him, “I am God Almighty. I want you to live in a way that I will regard you as someone that cannot be criticized.

Genesis 26:2but Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt! Live in the land where I will tell you to go!

Genesis 31:3Then Yahweh said to Jacob, “Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will help you there.”

Genesis 32:1As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.

Genesis 32:30So Jacob named the place Peniel, which means ‘God’s face’, saying “I looked directly at God, but I did not die because of doing that.”

Genesis 46:2That night, God called to Jacob in a vision, saying, “Jacob! Jacob!” He replied, “I am here!”

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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