1 God commands Jacob to go to Bethel.
2 He purges his house of idols.
6 He builds an altar at Bethel.
8 Deborah dies at Allon-bachuth.
9 God blesses Jacob at Bethel.
16 Rachel travails of Benjamin, and dies in the way to Edar.
22 Reuben lies with Bilhah.
23 The sons of Jacob.
27 Jacob comes to Isaac at Hebron.
28 The age, death, and burial of Isaac.

God said. 22:14 De 32:36 Ps 46:1 91:15

Beth-el. 7 12:8 13:3,4 28:10-22 31:3,13 Ps 47:4 Ec 5:4-6 Ho 12:4 Na 1:15

when thou. 16:8 27:41-45 Ex 2:15

2 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:

unto his. 18:19 Jos 24:15 Ps 101:2-7

strange. 31:19,34 Ex 20:3,4 23:13 De 5:7 6:14 7:25 11:28 32:16 Jos 23:7 Jos 24:2,20,23 Jud 10:16 Ru 1:15 1Sa 7:3 2Sa 7:23 2Ki 17:29 1Ch 16:26 Jer 5:7 16:20 Da 5:4 Ac 19:26 1Co 10:7 2Co 6:15-17 Ga 4:8

clean. 22 34:2,24,25 Ex 19:10,14 Le 15:5 17:16 Nu 31:24 2Ki 5:10,12,13 Job 1:5 Ps 51:2,7 Ec 5:1 Isa 1:16 52:11 Jer 13:27 Eze 18:31 Eze 20:7 36:25 Joh 13:10,11 2Co 7:1 Heb 10:22 Jas 4:8 1Pe 2:1,2 Jude 1:23

3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; 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.

who answered. 28:12,13 32:7,24 Ps 46:1 50:15 66:13,14 91:15 103:1-5 107:6,8 Ps 116:1,2,16-18 118:19-22 Isa 30:19

was with. 28:20 31:3,42 Pr 3:6 Isa 43:2

4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

ear-rings. These rings were not worn as mere ornaments, but for superstitious purposes; perhaps as amulets or charms, first consecrated to some false god, or formed under some constellation, and stamped with magical characters. Maimonides mentions rings and jewels of this kind, with the image of the sun, moon, etc., impressed upon them; and Augustine describes them (Epist. 73,) as used for this execrable purpose.

Ex 32:2-4 Jud 8:24-27 Ho 2:13

hid them. Ex 32:20 De 7:5,25 Isa 2:20 30:22

the oak. Jos 24:25,26 Jud 9:6

5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

34:30 Ex 15:15,16 23:27 34:24 De 11:25 Jos 2:9-11 5:1 1Sa 11:7 1Sa 14:15 2Ch 14:14 17:10 Ps 14:5

6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

Luz. 12:8 28:19,22 Jud 1:22-26

7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

built. 1,3 Ec 5:4,5

El-beth-el. i.e., the god of Beth-el. 28:13,19,22 Ex 17:15 Jud 6:24 Eze 48:35

8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

Rebekah's. 24:59

under an oak. 1Sa 31:13

Allon-bachuth. i.e., the oak of weeping. Jud 2:1,5

9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

12:7 17:1 18:1 26:2 28:13 31:3,11-13 32:1,24-30 35:1 46:2,3 48:3,4 Jer 31:3 Ho 12:4 Ac 7:2

10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

17:5,15 32:27,28 1Ki 18:31 2Ki 17:34

11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

God Almighty. 17:1 18:14 43:14 48:3,4 Ex 6:3 2Co 6:18

a nation. 12:2 13:16 15:5 17:5-7,16 18:18 22:17 28:3,4,14 32:12 46:3 48:4 Ex 1:7 These are detailed in Numbers 1 through 26 and from 1 Samuel to 2 Chroncles.

12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

the land. 12:7 13:14-17 15:18 26:3,4 28:3,4,13 48:4 Ex 3:8 Jos 6:1-21:45

to. Ne 13:1-31

13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

11:5 17:22 18:33 Jud 6:21 13:20 Lu 24:31

14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

20 28:18,19 Ex 17:15 1Sa 7:12

15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.

Bethel. 28:19

16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

a little way to come. Heb. a little piece of ground. 2Ki 5:19

Ephrath. 48:7 Ru 1:2 1Ch 2:19 Ps 132:6 Mic 5:2 Mt 2:1,16,18

hard labour. 3:16 1Ti 2:15

17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

Fear not. 30:24 1Sa 4:19-21

18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.

A.M. cir. 2275. B.C. cir. 1729. her soul. 30:1 1Sa 4:20,21 Ps 16:10 Ex 12:7 La 2:12 Lu 12:20 23:46 Ac 7:59

Ben-oni. i.e., the son of my sorrow. 1Ch 4:9

Benjamin. i.e., the son of my right hand. 42:4,38 43:14 44:27-31 Ps 80:17

The Samaritan has ben yamim, 'the son of days,' i.e., of his old age, (ch 44:20,) which Jerome renders Benjamin, id est, filius dextrae, Benjamin, that is, 'the son of the right hand.'

19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

Rachel died. 48:7

Ephrath. Jos 19:15 Ru 1:2 4:11 Mic 5:2 6:2 Mt 2:1,6,18

20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

the pillar. 9,14 1Sa 10:2 2Sa 18:17,18

21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

tower. Mic 4:8 Lu 2:8

22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

lay with. 49:4 Le 18:8 2Sa 16:21,22 20:3 1Ch 5:1 1Co 5:1

Now the sons. In the Hebrew text, a break is here left in the verse, opposite to which there is a Masoretic note, which states that 'there is a hiatus in the verse.' This hiatus the LXX. thus supplies: [kai poneros ephane enantion autou] 'and it appeared evil in his sight.'

18 29:31-35 30:5-24 46:8-27 49:1-28 Ex 1:1-5 6:14-16 Nu 1:5-15 Nu 1:20 *etc: Nu 2:3-33 7:12 *etc: Nu 26:5-51,57-62 34:14-28 De 33:1-29 Jos 13:1-21:45 1Ch 2:1,2 12:23-40 27:16-22 Eze 48:1-35 Ac 7:8 Re 7:4-8 21:14

23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

29:32-35 30:18-20 33:2 46:8-15

24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

16-18 30:22-24 46:19-22

25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:

30:4-8 37:2 46:23-25

26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.

And the sons. 30:9-13 46:16-18

in Padan-aram. Except Benjamin. 18 25:20 28:2 31:18

27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arba, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

Jacob. 27:43-45 28:5

Mamre. 13:18 14:13 18:1 23:2,19 Jos 14:12-15 15:13 21:11 2Sa 2:1,3,11 2Sa 5:1,3,5

28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

25:7 47:28 50:26

29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

A.M. 2288. B.C. 1716. Isaac. 3:19 15:15 25:7,8,17 27:1,2 49:33 Job 5:26 Ec 12:5-7

his sons. 23:19,20 25:9 27:41 49:31