And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
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Genesis 35:15
Genesis 35:15
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Genesis 35 — OverviewGenesis 35 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have three communions and three funerals. I. Three
communions between God and Jacob. 1. God ordered Jacob to Beth-el; and,
in obedience to that order, he purged his house of idols, and prepared…Genesis 35 — OverviewGenesis 35 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeGenesis 35:1, God commands Jacob to go to Bethel; Genesis 35:2, He purges his house of idols; Genesis 35:6, He builds an altar at Bethel; Genesis 35:8, Deborah dies at Allon-bachuth; Genesis 35:9, God blesses Jacob at…Genesis 35 — OverviewGenesis 35 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter gives an account of Jacob's going to Bethel, and building an altar there by the order and direction of God, Ge 35:1, where Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried, Ge 35:8, and where God appeared to…Genesis 35:1-15Genesis 35:1-15 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONGenesis 35:1-15Genesis 35:1-15 · The Pulpit CommentaryBethel revisited.
I. JACOB'S JOURNEY TO BETHEL.
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