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As they set out,וַיִּסָּעוּthe terrorחִתַּתof Elohimאֱלֹהִיםcameוַיְהִיupon the citiesעַל הֶעָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרwere around them,סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶםand they did notוְלֹאpursueרָדְפוּ אַחֲרֵיthe sonsבְּנֵיof Jacob.יַעֲקֹב
Genesis 35:5
Study it in the app“As they set out, the terror of Elohim came upon the cities that were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 35:5, word by word
- As they set outיִּסָּעוּyisau
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisau” appears- the terrorחִתַּתchitat
terror
Terror, dread.
Where else “chitat” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- cameיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- upon the citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- were around themסְבִיבֹתֵיsevivote
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivote” appears- pursueרָדְפוּradfu
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “radfu” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of 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
The context
4So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their hands, and the rings that were in their ears; and Jacob buried them under the oak that was near Shechem.
5 · This verse (above)
6Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (that is, Bethel), he and all the people who were with him.
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?