21
Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלset outוַיִּסַּעand pitchedוַיֵּטhis tentאָהֳלֹהbeyondמֵהָלְאָהMigdal-eder.לְמִגְדַּל עֵדֶר
Genesis 35:21
Study it in the app“Israel set out and pitched his tent beyond Migdal-eder.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 35:21, word by word
- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- set outיִּסַּעyisa
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisa” appears- and pitchedיֵּטyet
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “yet” appears- his tentאָהֳלֹaholo
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “aholo” appears- beyondהָלְאָהhala
beyond
Points to a place farther off than where one is.
Where else “hala” appears- Migdal-ederמִגְדַּלmigdal
Migdal-eder
Migdal-eder: "tower of the flock". A place near Bethlehem.
Where else “migdal” appears
The context
20Jacob set up a standing stone on her grave; it is the standing stone of Rachel’s grave to this day.
21 · This verse (above)
22While Israel was dwelling in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine; and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
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?