Genesis 35:3
“And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And let us arise and go up to Bethel,.... Thus prepared and purged, their tents clear of idols, their bodies washed with…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 35:1-29
- The Death of Isaac 8. דברה deborâh, Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.” 16.…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Answered me in the day of my distress - Not only when he fled from the face of his brother, but more particularly when…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 35:1-5
Here, I. God reminds Jacob of his vow at Beth-el, and sends him thither to perform it, Gen 35:1. Jacob had said in the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
who answered me Jacob here refers to his flight from Esau (chap. 28), not, as some have supposed, to his flight from…
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