Christian Standard Bible
Genesis 35:5-18
5When they set out, a terror from God came over the cities around them, and they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
6So Jacob and all who were with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
7Jacob built an altar there and called the place El-bethel because it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
8Deborah, the one who had nursed and raised Rebekah, died and was buried under the oak south of Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.
9God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan-aram, and he blessed him.
10God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; you will no longer be named Jacob, but your name will be Israel.” So he named him Israel.
11God also said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed an assembly of nations, will come from you, and kings will descend from you.
12I will give to you the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac. And I will give the land to your future descendants.”
13Then God withdrew from him at the place where he had spoken to him.
14Jacob set up a marker at the place where he had spoken to him — a stone marker. He poured a drink offering on it and poured oil on it.
15Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
16They set out from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
17During her difficult labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you have another son.”
18With her last breath — for she was dying — she named him Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin.
Commentaries on Genesis 35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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