Genesis 35:3
Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
KJV
And let us arise, and go up to Beth–el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
⋯
Commentary
1 voiceVoices on this verse
loading…Original language & word study
17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָק֥וּמָה | ve.na.Ku.mah | so let us arise | H6965 → |
| וְנַעֲלֶ֖ה | ve.na.'a.Leh | and we may go up | H5927 → |
| בֵּֽית־ | beit- | Beth- | H1008 → |
| אֵ֑ל | 'El | -el | H1008 → |
| וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ | ve.'e.'e.seh- | so I may make | H6213 → |
| שָּׁ֣ם | sham | there | H8033 → |
| מִזְבֵּ֗חַ | miz.Be.ach | an altar | H4196 → |
| לָאֵ֞ל | la.'El | to the God | H410 → |
| הָעֹנֶ֤ה | ha.'o.Neh | who answered | H6030 → |
| אֹתִי֙ | 'o.Ti | <obj.> me | H853 → |
| בְּי֣וֹם | be.Yom | on [the] day of | H3117 → |
| צָֽרָתִ֔י | tza.ra.Ti | distress my | H6869 → |
| וַיְהִי֙ | vay.Hi | and he has been | H1961 → |
| עִמָּדִ֔י | 'i.ma.Di | with me | H5978 → |
| בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ | ba.De.rekh | on the journey | H1870 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| הָלָֽכְתִּי׃ | ha.La.khe.ti | I have gone | H1980 → |
The walk
Featured studies on this passage
Walks through Genesis 35
Rachel and Leah: Genesis 29–35 · MannaFest
Open the study →
Walks through Genesis 35
The Flight to Egypt — Matthew 2
Open the study →
Walks through Genesis 35
The Twelve Tribes
The promise narrows to one wrestling man, then opens into twelve tribes whose names are cut into the gates of heaven.
Open the study →
About Genesis
