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Genesis 35:9

in Genesis 35

After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.

KJV

And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan–aram, and blessed him.

This verse in Genesis 35

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And God appeared unto Jacob again,.... At Bethel, as he had at Shechem, when he bid him go thither, Gen 35:1; or rather as he had at the brook Jabbok, where he said to him the same things as here, Gen 32:24, though Jarchi interprets it of his appearing again to him at the same place at Bethel, where he had appeared to him the first time, at his going to Haran, and now a second time: when he came out of Padanaram; or returned from thence: and blessed him; with the same blessings as before, renewing and confirming them.

This site's exposition

God appeared to him again and blessed him

on Genesis 35:9-10

God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him. The name Israel is spoken over him a second time, three chapters after the man at the ford gave it. Jerome takes the first as promise and this as fulfilment, and Wesley reads God confirming in person what the angel had said.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

God appeared unto Jacob again - He appeared to him first at Shechem, when he commanded him to go to Bethel, and now that he is arrived at the place, God appears to him the second time, and confirms to him the Abrahamic blessing. To Isaac and Jacob these frequent appearances of God were necessary, but they were not so to Abraham; for to him one word was sufficient - Abraham believed God.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

G-d is saying, “Now you are still called Jacob even though the lord of Esau has changed your name. Above,:29. See Rashi, ibid., Verse, that it was “the lord of Esau” who strove with Jacob and then finally blessed him.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Genesis 35:10:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֵּרָ֨אand he appeared

    vaiyera'H7200 →1300 times

  • אֱלֹהִ֤יםGod

    ʾelohimH430 →2601 times

  • אֶֽל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יַעֲקֹב֙Jacob

    yaakoH3290 →350 times

  • ע֔וֹדagain

    odH5750 →490 times

  • בְּבֹא֖וֹwhen came he

    bevooH935 →2568 times

  • מִפַּדַּ֣ןfrom Paddan

    mipadanH6307 →11 times

  • אֲרָ֑םAram

    ʾaramH758 →143 times

  • וַיְבָ֖רֶךְand he blessed

    vayvarekhH1288 →330 times

  • אֹתֽוֹ׃<obj.> him

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 12:7

    Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 17:1

      When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Genesis 18:1

      Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Genesis 17:8

      And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

    • Genesis 13:15

      for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.

    • Galatians 3:16

      The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.

  • Through

    Genesis 35:1

    Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

    it leads to

    • Genesis 31:13

      I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”

  • Through

    Genesis 26:2

    The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 12:7

      Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

  • Through

    Genesis 18:1

    Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 14:13

      Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by…

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.