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Elohimאֱלֹהִיםappearedוַיֵּרָאto Jacobאֶל יַעֲקֹבagainעוֹדwhen he cameבְּבֹאוֹfrom Paddan-aram,מִפַּדַּן אֲרָםand he blessedוַיְבָרֶךְhim.אֹתוֹ
Genesis 35:9
Study it in the app“Elohim appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and he blessed him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 35:9, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- appearedיֵּרָאyera
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “yera” appears- to 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- when he cameבֹאvo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appears- from Paddan-aramפַּדַּןpadan
Paddan-aram
Paddan-aram, the plain of Aram in northern Mesopotamia, where Rebekah's family lived.
Where else “padan” appears- and he blessedיְבָרֶךְyevarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarech” appears
The context
8Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried below Bethel under the oak; so he called its name Allon-bacuth.
9 · This verse (above)
10Elohim said to him, “Your name is Jacob; your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel will be your name.” So he called his name Israel.
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?