3.
Being transformed
35:1-29
a.
Being reminded by God at Bethel
vv. 1-15
Gen. 35
:1
35:1
And God said to Jacob, Rise up, go up to
1aBethel, and dwell there; and make an
baltar there to the God who appeared to you when you
cfled from your brother Esau.
Gen. 35
:2
35:2
Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him,
1Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and
1change your garments.
Gen. 35
:3
35:3
And let us rise up and go up to Bethel, that I may make an altar there to the God who
aanswered me in the day of my distress and has been
bwith me wherever I have gone.
Gen. 35
:4
35:4
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand and the
1rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak that was near Shechem.
Gen. 35
:5
35:5
And as they journeyed, the
aterror of God was upon the cities that were around them, so they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
Gen. 35
:6
35:6
And Jacob came to Luz (that is,
aBethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
Gen. 35
:7
35:7
And he built an
1aaltar there and called the place
2El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled from his
bbrother.
Gen. 35
:8
35:8
And aDeborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; so its name was called
1Allon-bacuth.
Gen. 35
:9
35:9
And God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram and blessed him.
Gen. 35
:10
35:10
And God said to him:
Your name is Jacob;
Your name shall ano longer be called Jacob,
But
1bIsrael shall be your name.
Thus He called his name Israel.
Gen. 35
:11
35:11
And God said to him,
I am the
1aAll-sufficient God:
Be
bfruitful and multiply;
A
2cnation and a company of nations shall come from you,
And kings shall come forth from your loins.
Gen. 35
:12
35:12
And the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaac,
I will give to you;
And I will give the land to your
aseed after you.
Gen. 35
:13
35:13
Then God went up from him in the place where He had spoken with him.
Gen. 35
:14
35:14
And Jacob set up a
1pillar in the place where He had spoken with him, a
apillar of stone; and he poured out a
2drink offering on it and poured oil on it.
Gen. 35
:15
35:15
And Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him
aBethel.
b.
Deeper and more personal dealings
vv. 16-26
1)
The death of Rachel
vv. 16-20
Gen. 35
:16
35:16
And they journeyed from Bethel. And while there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth; and she had hard labor.
Gen. 35
:17
35:17
And while she was in hardest labor, the midwife said to her, Do not be afraid, for now you have
another ason.
Gen. 35
:18
35:18
And as her soul was departing (for she
1died), she called his name
2Ben-oni; but his father called him
3aBenjamin.
Gen. 35
:19
35:19
So Rachel
adied and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is,
bBethlehem).
Gen. 35
:20
35:20
And Jacob set up a
1pillar on her grave; that is the
apillar of Rachel’s grave,
which is there to this day.
2)
The birthright being changed through the defilement of Jacob's concubine
vv. 21-26
Gen. 35
:21
35:21
And 1Israel journeyed and pitched his
atent beyond the tower of Eder.
Gen. 35
:22
35:22
And while Israel dwelt in that land, Reuben went and
1alay with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and Israel heard
of it. Now the sons of Jacob were
btwelve:
Gen. 35
:23
35:23
The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun.
Gen. 35
:24
35:24
The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Gen. 35
:25
35:25
And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s female servant: Dan and Naphtali.
Gen. 35
:26
35:26
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s female servant: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
c.
Entering into full fellowship
v. 27
Gen. 35
:27
35:27
And Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba (that is,
1aHebron), where Abraham and Isaac had
bsojourned.
d.
Released from the tie with his father
vv. 28-29
Gen. 35
:28
35:28
And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.
Gen. 35
:29
35:29
And Isaac expired and died and was gathered to his people, an old man and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons
1aburied him.
