Everything associated with pagans must go in a cleansing. Those earrings must have been pagan worship as well. Jacob gets right with God, all follow him.Ĭhanging of the clothes signifies a return to God. Rachel probably still had the foreign gods she stole from her father, Laban. His whole family will benefit because of it. He is finally going to Bethel to be separate from others as he was supposed to do earlier. Jacob is in effect returning to God here. God is with us, orchestrating, no matter what evil is going on in the world. Yet, He reappears here, being mentioned over 10 times. Note how God is not mentioned once in Genesis 34.
End Notes BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 22, Day 4: Genesis 35 Jacob Gets Right With God He is growing with God.Ī lot happens in this chapter that the Bible ploughs through. Woah! Anyone else shocked that Jacob knew about foreign gods in his household and let them stay until God told him to move? Man, he is flawed, isn’t he? Yet, we see Jacob obey this time. Conclusions BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 22, Day 4: Genesis 35 He is my everything.ġ2) The repercussions of man’s first sin in the Garden: death of his loved ones: Rachel and Isaac. Then they set out to God’s command.ġ1a) 35:1: Authoritative, commanding, caring, leading, protectingģ5:3: Answers in distress and is with you wherever you go.ģ5:11-12: God keeps his promises and repeats themī) God is with me. Bethel is the place where God appeared to Jacob in a dream, renewing His covenant with Jacob, promises to watch over him wherever he goes and bless the world through him.ġ0) He purged his household of idols and had everyone purify themselves. BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 22, Day 4: Genesis 35ĩ) God told Jacob to settle in Bethel and build Him an altar there. Isaac died at age 180 and was buried by Jacob and Esau. Jacob finally arrived home in Hebron to see Isaac who was still alive. Jacob’s 12 sons are: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. Israel moved on and stayed for a bit near Migdal Eder. Rachel died after they left Bethel giving birth to Benjamin. God left and Jacob set up a stone pillar.
God repeats his covenant to Abraham and Isaac to Jacob, saying to be fruitful and multiply for a nation will come from your body and He will give this land to his descendants. God appeared to Jacob again and re-named him Israel. Jacob built an altar at Bethel as instructed by God. No one pursued Jacob and his family when they left Shechem for God sent a terror upon them. God protected them as they went so they would not suffer repercussions from the slaughter of Shechem.
Jacob buried the foreign gods and their rings under an oak at Shechem. So Jacob and his household prepared to move, ridding themselves of their idols, purifying themselves, and changing their clothes. Be encouraged and have fun.God told Jacob to settle in Bethel and build Him an altar there. To get involved, LIKE the page, TAKE a photo, TAG The Remind Me Project, and SHARE with everyone.
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