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Jacobיַעֲקֹבcameוַיָּבֹאto Isaacאֶל יִצְחָקhis fatherאָבִיוat Mamre,מַמְרֵאKiriath-arbaקִרְיַת הָאַרְבַּע(that is,הִואHebron),חֶבְרוֹןwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםAbrahamאַבְרָהָםand Isaacוְיִצְחָקhad resided as aliens.גָּר
Genesis 35:27
Study it in the app“Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had resided as aliens.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 35:27, 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- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- to Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appears- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- at Mamreמַמְרֵאmamre
Mamre
Mamre, the name of an Amorite ally of Abram and of the place with oaks near Hebron where Abraham lived.
Where else “mamre” appears- Kiriath-arbaקִרְיַתkiryat
Kiriath-arba
Kiriath-arba, the old name of Hebron. It means "city of Arba".
Where else “kiryat” appears- Hebron)חֶבְרוֹןchevron
Hebron
See it on the mapWhere else “chevron” appears- Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- had resided as aliensגָּרgar
sojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “gar” appears
Places in this verse
Hebron
Today: Hebron (Al-Khalil), West Bank
A city in the hills of Judea, about 19 miles (30 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham lived nearby and bought the cave there where he buried Sarah (Gen 23:2). David was anointed king of Judah at Hebron (2 Sam 2:1-4).
The context
26The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s slave woman: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
27 · This verse (above)
28Now the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.
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?