Study it in the app“Elohim said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and stay there, and make there an altar to El who appeared to you when you fled from Esau your brother.””
Elohimאֱלֹהִיםsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Jacob,אֶל יַעֲקֹב“Arise,קוּםgo upעֲלֵהto Bethelבֵית אֵלand stayוְשֶׁבthere,שָׁםand makeוַעֲשֵׂהthereשָׁםan altarמִזְבֵּחַto Elלָאֵלwho appearedהַנִּרְאֶהto youאֵלֶיךָwhen you fledבְּבָרְחֲךָfromמִפְּנֵיEsauעֵשָׂוyour brother.”אָחִיךָ
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsJacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ale” appearsBethel
See it on the mapWhere else “vet” appearsstay
To remain in a place.
Where else “shev” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “ase” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appearsEl, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appearsappear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “nire” appearsflee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “varach” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsEsau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearsBethel ?
Today: possibly Beitin, West Bank
A city in the hills about 11 miles (17 km) north of Jerusalem; the location is approximate.
There Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven and named the place Bethel, "house of God" (Gen 28:19). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
1 · This verse (above)
2So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments.
1. What it says
What did Elohim tell Jacob to do at Bethel, and what did his household leave behind (vv. 1-4)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Jacob that he asks his household to put away the foreign gods (vv. 2-3)?
3. How I live it
What gets in the way of your trust in Elohim, and could you leave it behind?
