Genesis 35:2 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments:

KJV

Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:

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Commentary

2 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

GLAPHYRA ON GENESIS, 5.4 (444)

After he was called by God, Jacob ascends to Bethel, that is, to the house of God (this is how the name Bethel is interpreted), offers sacrifices to God and is declared chief and master of the holy rites. He teaches his successors and descendants how they must enter the house of God. He orders the foreign gods to be rejected like dung and filth and to change the garments. It is fitting for us to do likewise when we are called before God, or enter the divine temple, especially in the time of the holy baptism.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Put away the strange gods - אלהי הנכר elohey hannechar, the gods of the foreigners, which were among them. Jacob’s servants were all Syrians, and no doubt were addicted less or more to idolatry and superstition.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יַעֲקֹב֙	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
בֵּית֔וֹ	bei.To	household his	H1004 →
וְאֶ֖ל	ve.'El	and to	H413 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
עִמּ֑וֹ	i.Mo	[were] with him	H5973 →
הָסִ֜רוּ	ha.Si.ru	remove	H5493 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֱלֹהֵ֤י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] gods of	H430 →
הַנֵּכָר֙	ha.ne.Khar	<the> foreignness	H5236 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בְּתֹכְכֶ֔ם	be.to.khe.Khem	in midst of you	H8432 →
וְהִֽטַּהֲר֔וּ	ve.hi.ta.ha.Ru	and purify yourselves	H2891 →
וְהַחֲלִ֖יפוּ	ve.ha.cha.Li.fu	and change	H2498 →
שִׂמְלֹתֵיכֶֽם׃	sim.lo.tei.Khem	clothes your	H8071 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 4:8
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
leads to
- Hebrews 10:22
  let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 145:18
  The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
- Malachi 3:7
  Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But…
- Zechariah 1:3
  So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
- Isaiah 55:6–7
  Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
Through
Ezekiel 18:31
Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
leads to
- Psalms 51:10
  Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
- Ezekiel 36:26
  I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
- Romans 8:13
  For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.