Gen 35:1 | Clarke | STEP | Jacob is commanded of God to go to Beth-el, and to build an altar there, . His exhortation to his family to put away all strange gods, etc., , . They deliver them all up, and Jacob hides them in the earth, . They commence their journey, ; come to Luz, ; build there the altar El-beth-el, . Burial place of Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, . God appears again unto Jacob, . Blesses him and renews the promises, . To commemorate this manifestation of God, Jacob sets up a pillar, and calls the place Beth-el, , . They journey to Ephrath, where Rachel, after hard labor, is delivered of Benjamin, and dies, . Jacob sets up a pillar on her grave, . They journey to Edar, . While at this place, Reuben defiles his father's bed, . Account of the children of Jacob, according to the mothers, . Jacob comes to Mamre to his father Isaac, who was probably then in the one hundred and fifty-eighth year of his age, . Isaac dies, and is buried by his sons Esau and Jacob, . Verse 1 Arise, go up to Beth-el - The transaction that had lately taken place rendered it unsafe for Jacob to dwell any longer at the city of Shechem; and it seems that while he was reflecting on the horrible act of Simeon and Levi, and not knowing what to do, God graciously appeared to him, and commanded him to go up to Beth-el, build an altar there, and thus perform the vow he had made, , .

‏ Genesis 35:1

Introduction

Jacob is commanded of God to go to Beth-el, and to build an altar there, Gen 35:1. His exhortation to his family to put away all strange gods, etc., Gen 35:2, Gen 35:3. They deliver them all up, and Jacob hides them in the earth, Gen 35:4. They commence their journey, Gen 35:5; come to Luz, Gen 35:6; build there the altar El-beth-el, Gen 35:7. Burial place of Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, Gen 35:8. God appears again unto Jacob, Gen 35:9. Blesses him and renews the promises, Gen 35:10-13. To commemorate this manifestation of God, Jacob sets up a pillar, and calls the place Beth-el, Gen 35:14, Gen 35:15. They journey to Ephrath, where Rachel, after hard labor, is delivered of Benjamin, and dies, Gen 35:16-19. Jacob sets up a pillar on her grave, Gen 35:20. They journey to Edar, Gen 35:21. While at this place, Reuben defiles his father's bed, Gen 35:22. Account of the children of Jacob, according to the mothers, Gen 35:23-26. Jacob comes to Mamre to his father Isaac, who was probably then in the one hundred and fifty-eighth year of his age, Gen 35:27. Isaac dies, and is buried by his sons Esau and Jacob, Gen 35:29.

Verse 1

Arise, go up to Beth-el - The transaction that had lately taken place rendered it unsafe for Jacob to dwell any longer at the city of Shechem; and it seems that while he was reflecting on the horrible act of Simeon and Levi, and not knowing what to do, God graciously appeared to him, and commanded him to go up to Beth-el, build an altar there, and thus perform the vow he had made, Gen 28:20, Gen 28:22.