The Strand Study Bible

GENESIS 35:7

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GENESIS 35:27

7 And he built there an altar, and called the place 1 El-beth-el: because 2 there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But 3 Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called 4 Al- lon-bachuth. 9 And 5 GOD appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him. 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. The promise of Jacob’s seed to become a great nation; of Jacob’s seed to produce kings; of a Kingdom where CHRIST will rule (Fulfilled - Exo 1:7 - c. 1625 BC & I Sam 11:15 - II Ki 24:17,18 - 1090-597 BC & Rev 20:4,6) 11 And God said unto him, I am 6 GOD ALMIGHTY : be fruitful and multiply; 7 a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and 8 kings 9 shall come out of thy loins; PP P The promise of Israel to possess Canaan; of CHRIST’S First Coming (Fulfilled - Josh 11:23 - 1441 BC & Lk 2:7,11 - 1 BC) 12 And the land which I gave 10 Abraham and 11 Isaac, 12 to 13 thee I will give it, 14 and to thy 15 SEED after thee will I give the land. P P 13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. 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. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, 16 Bethel. The death of Rachel and the birth of Benjamin (Note - This event took place when Jacob was 106 years old) (S/A - I Chro 2:2) Date - c. 1726 BC/AM 2274 16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto

her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name 17 Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. 19 And 18 Rachel died, and was buried in the way to 19 Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

1. meaning, “God of the house of God” - Jn 4:21-24 2. Gen 28:10-16 3. Gen 24:59 4. meaning, “the oak Note - In this case Elohim is referring to God the Son - Exo 6:3. 6. “ El Shaddai ” - Exo 6:3 7. Fulfilled - Exo 1:7 (A Great Nation) 8. Fulfilled - I Sam 11:15 - II Ki 24:17-18 (The Kings of Israel) 9. Fulfilled - Rev 20:4,6 (Christ’s Kingdom) 10. Gen 12:7 & 13:15 & 15:18-21 11. Gen 26:3 12. Fulfilled - Josh 11:23 (The Promised Land) 13. Gen 28:13 14. Quoted in the NT - Gal 3:16 (See - Gen 13:15 & 17:7-8 & 28:13) 15. Fulfilled - Lk 2:7,11 (Christ’s First Coming) (See - Gal 3:16) 16. Gen 28:18-19 17. meaning, “the son of my sorrow” 18. Gen 48:7 19. Mic 5:2 of weeping” 5. “ Elohim ”

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Bethel

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Zelzah • (I Sam 10:2)

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Rachel dies near Bethlehem in Zelzah Map #33

20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave 20 unto this day. 21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. 22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that 21 Reuben went and 22 lay with Bilhah his 23 father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Ben- jamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s hand- maid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s hand- maid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. 27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his fa- ther unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

20. I Sam 10:2 21. Gen 49:3-4 22. Deut 22:30 & I Chro 5:1 & I Cor 5:1 23. Lev 18:8

35:9 Padan-aram was the plain region of Mesopotamia where the city of Haran was situated. 35:18 Benjamin’s name means “son of the right hand.” He is referred to 13 times in the NT (Acts 7:8-15 & 13:21, Rom 11:1, Phil 3:5 and Rev 7:8 & 21:12). Benjamin was born c. 1726 BC.