Genesis 35:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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: ”

Genesis 35:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Death of Isaac 8. דברה d e borâh , Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn - bākût , Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.” 16. כברה kı̂brâh , “length stretch.” A certain but unk...
Genesis 35:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and be (b) clean, and change your garments: (b) That by this outward act they sho...
Genesis 35:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob Goes to Bethel, where Elohim Appears to him as El Shaddai and Gives him the Name Israel. This section is mainly from E and P. To P belong Genesis 35:6 a , Genesis 35:9-13 ; Genesis 35:15...
Genesis 35:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. Then Jacob said unto his household. The prompt obedience of Jacob is here described. For when he heard the voice of God, he neither doubted nor disputed with himself respecting what was ne...
Genesis 35:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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: Put away the strange gods - אלהי הנכר eloh...
Genesis 35:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Put away the strange gods— Heb. the gods of the strangers ] i.e.. of the Shechemites, or others, who had joined themselves to his family; from which, being resolved to make a total reform, and to...
Genesis 35:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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: Then Jacob said unto his household ......
Genesis 35:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob journeys by way of Bethel to Hebron. Death of Rachel and of Isaac 1. Jacob is commanded to go to Bethel and fulfil the vow he had once made there ( Genesis 28:20 ; Genesis 28:22 ).
Genesis 35:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing...
Genesis 35:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

JACOB'S RETURN Genesis 35:1-29 "As for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way."- Genesis 48:7 The words of the Wrestler at the brook Jabbok, "Let me g...
Genesis 35:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob Blessed at Bethel Genesis 35:1-15 Thirty years before Jacob was at Bethel. Life was young then. He had only his staff. The future was unshaped and unknown. It was on the occasion of his f...
Genesis 35:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

God never abandons His children to the forces of evil circumstances resulting from their own folly. The fourth direct communication to Jacob was that which called him back to Beth-el. Again the evide...
Genesis 35:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And! think it more than probable also, that the LORD in tender mercy, had visited the Patriarch with afflictions to call his vows to remembrance. Revelation 3:19 . It should seem by this address of...
Genesis 35:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Jacob said unto his household ,.... His wives and children; and to all that [were] with him ; his menservants and maidservants, and such as remained with him of the captives of Shechem, who m...
Genesis 35:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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: Ver. 2. Then Jacob said unto his househ...
Genesis 35:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Put away the strange gods that are among you This is evidently a mistranslation; the Hebrew אלהי הנכר means, not the strange gods that are among you, but the gods of the stranger that is among...
Genesis 35:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

BETHEL AT LAST Jacob knew he could not remain at Shechem, though it took a humiliating experience in his own house to drive him away from there. God speaks to him in no uncertain terms. He is to a...
Genesis 35:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob Summoned to Bethel; Jacob's Journeys towards Bethel. B. C. 1732. 1 And God said un...
Genesis 35:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The strange gods, the idols, which are so called here, and Deuteronomy 31:16 , Deuteronomy 32:12 Joshua 24:20 , because they were the gods of strange and foreign nations, such as all were acc...
Genesis 35:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the strange gods which are among you, and purify yourselves and change your clothing. And let us rise and go to Bethel, and...
Genesis 35:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 35:2 . The strange gods. ] These were such as the teraphim that Rachel had hidden ( Genesis 31:19 ), and possibly other idolatrous images used by the Shechemites.—...
Genesis 35:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 35:1 . And God said. This is the fifth vision in which the Lord appeared to Jacob; it marks a special providence over his safety, by removing him from the vicinity of Shechem to a peaceful...
Genesis 35:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there Jacob’s second journey to Bethel I. IT WAS UNDERTAKEN AT THE CALL OF GOD. II. IT WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE SPIRIT OF OBEDIENCE AND...
Genesis 35:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 35:1 And God —Elohim. The employment of this name for the Deity throughout the present chapter has been deemed conclusive evidence that, with Rome Jehovistic alterations...
Genesis 35:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob Moves to Bethel
Genesis 35:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

unto his. Genesis 18:19 Joshua 24:15 Psalms 101:2-7 strange. Genesis 31:19 Genesis 31:34 Exodus 20:3 Exodus 20:4 Exodus 23:13 Deuteronomy 5:7 Deuteronomy 6:14 Deuteronomy 7:25...

Genesis 35:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 35:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 35:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 35:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 35:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 35:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 35:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 35:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 35:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 35:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 35:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 35:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 35:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 35:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 35:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 35:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 35:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 35:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 35:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 35:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 35:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 35:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 35:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 35:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 35:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 35:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge