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Genesis 35:9 KJV
Genesis · chapter 35 · verse 9
And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.Genesis 35:9 · King James Version
Genesis 35:9 in context
7And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
8But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
10And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
11And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- PadanaramPaddânPaddan or Paddan-Aram, a region of SyriaH6307 →
- appearedrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- camebôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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Jacob and his retinue having safely arrived at Bethel, we are here told what passed there. I. There he built an altar (Gen 35:7), and no doubt offered sacrifice upon it, perhaps the tenth of his cattle, according to his vow, I will give the tenth unto thee.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-15