Gen 35:1-2 - Commentary

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Text -- Genesis 35:1-2 (NET)

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The Return to Bethel

35:1 Then God said to Jacob, “Go up at once to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” 35:2 So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Bethel a town of Benjamin bordering Ephraim 18 km north of Jerusalem

· Esau a son of Isaac and Rebekah,son of Isaac & Rebekah; Jacob's elder twin brother,a people (and nation) descended from Esau, Jacob's brother

· Jacob the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation

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NET Notes: Gen 35:1 God is calling on Jacob to fulfill his vow he made when he fled from…Esau (see Gen 28:20-22).

NET Notes: Gen 35:2 The actions of removing false gods, becoming ritually clean, and changing garments would become necessary steps in Israel when approaching the Lord in...

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