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Genesis 35:9

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

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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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֵּרָ֨אvai.ye.Ra'and he appearedH7200 →
אֱלֹהִ֤ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
אֶֽל־'el-toH413 →
יַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoJacobH3290 →
ע֔וֹדodagainH5750 →
בְּבֹא֖וֹbe.vo.'Owhen came heH935 →
מִפַּדַּ֣ןmi.pa.Danfrom PaddanH6307 →
אֲרָ֑ם'a.RamAramH758 →
וַיְבָ֖רֶךְvay.Va.rekhand he blessedH1288 →
אֹתֽוֹ׃'o.To<obj.> himH853 →

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Genesis 26:2The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.Genesis 18:1Then 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.Genesis 35:1Then 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.”Genesis 12:7Then 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.Genesis 32:1Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.Genesis 48:3–4Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed meGenesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.Jeremiah 31:3The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.Genesis 28:13And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.Genesis 31:11–13In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’Genesis 31:3Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”Genesis 32:24–30So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.Genesis 46:2–3And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.Genesis 28:2“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.Genesis 48:7Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).Acts 7:2And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,Genesis 33:18After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.Genesis 35:20Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.

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The Creation of Light — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Creation of Light — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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