Study it in the app“So 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.”
So Jacobוַ יַעֲקֹבsaidיֹּאמֶרto his householdאֶל בֵּיתוֹand to allוְאֶל כָּלwhoאֲשֶׁרwere with him,עִמּוֹ“Put awayהָסִרוּthe foreign godsאֶת אֱלֹהֵי הַנֵּכָרthatאֲשֶׁרare among you,בְּתֹכְכֶםpurify yourselves,וְהִטַּהֲרוּand changeוְהַחֲלִיפוּyour garments.שִׂמְלֹתֵיכֶם
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appearsremove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “hasiru” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appearsforeign
What is foreign; "son of a foreigner" is someone of another people.
Where else “nechar” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearsbe clean
To be free of uncleanness under the law.
Where else “hitaharu” appearschange
To swap something, or regain one's strength.
Where else “hachalifu” appearscloak
Cloak: the outer garment, which also served as a covering for sleeping.
Where else “simlote” appears1Elohim 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.”
2 · This verse (above)
3Let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make there an altar to El who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me on the way that I have gone.”
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?
