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Jacobיַעֲקֹבcalledוַיִּקְרָאthe nameאֶת שֵׁםof the placeהַמָּקוֹםwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםElohimאֱלֹהִיםhad spokenדִּבֶּרwith himאִתּוֹBethel.בֵּית אֵל
Genesis 35:15
Study it in the app“Jacob called the name of the place where Elohim had spoken with him Bethel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 35:15, word by word
- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
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” appears- calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of the placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- had spokenדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- Bethelבֵּיתbet
Bethel
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Places in this verse
Bethel ?
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).
The context
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.
15 · This verse (above)
16They set out from Bethel, and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and her labor was hard.
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?