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Then Elohimוַ אֱלֹהִיםwent upיַּעַלfrom himמֵעָלָיוat the placeבַּמָּקוֹםwhereאֲשֶׁרhe had spokenדִּבֶּרwith him.אִתּוֹ
Genesis 35:13
Study it in the app“Then Elohim went up from him at the place where he had spoken with him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 35:13, word by word
- Then Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- went upיַּעַלyaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appears- at the placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- he had spokenדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears
The context
12The land that I gave to Abraham and to Isaac I will give to you, and to your offspring after you I will give the land.”
13 · This verse (above)
14Jacob set up a standing stone in the place where he had spoken with him, a standing stone of stone; he poured out a libation on it and poured oil on it.
To study Genesis 35 in a group
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?