Genesis 35

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Genesis 35 is a biblical chapter in the Book of Genesis that recounts key episodes in Jacob’s later life, including his return to Bethel, the reaffirmation of God’s covenant, the deaths of Rachel and Isaac, and the renaming of Jacob as Israel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical chapter
Chapter of the Book of Genesis
alsoFeatures Benjamin NERFINISHED
Deborah NERFINISHED
Esau NERFINISHED
God NERFINISHED
Isaac NERFINISHED
Rachel NERFINISHED
Rebekah NERFINISHED
Reuben NERFINISHED
alsoSetIn Bethlehem NERFINISHED
Ephrath NERFINISHED
Hebron NERFINISHED
Kiriath-arba NERFINISHED
Luz NERFINISHED
Mamre NERFINISHED
Migdal-eder NERFINISHED
Paddan-aram NERFINISHED
canonicalStatus Canonical scripture in Christianity
Canonical scripture in Judaism
containsEvent Deborah Rebekah’s nurse dies
Deborah is buried under an oak below Bethel NERFINISHED
Esau and Jacob bury Isaac
God appears to Jacob at Bethel
God commands Jacob to go up to Bethel
God reaffirms Jacob’s new name Israel
God reiterates the covenant promises to Jacob
Isaac dies
Isaac is gathered to his people
Jacob builds an altar at Bethel
Jacob buries foreign gods under the oak near Shechem
Jacob comes to Isaac at Mamre
Jacob hears of Reuben’s act
Jacob pours a drink offering on the pillar
Jacob pours oil on the pillar
Jacob sets up a pillar at the place where God spoke with him
Jacob sets up a pillar over Rachel’s tomb
Jacob tells his household to change their garments
Jacob tells his household to purify themselves
Jacob tells his household to put away foreign gods
Rachel dies in childbirth
Rachel gives birth to Benjamin
Rachel goes into hard labor on the way from Bethel NERFINISHED
Rachel is buried on the way to Ephrath NERFINISHED
Reuben lies with Bilhah Jacob’s concubine
Terror of God falls on surrounding cities
The sons of Jacob are listed
follows Genesis 34 NERFINISHED
literaryGenre Narrative
mainLocation Bethel NERFINISHED
mentionsDivinePromise Promise of a nation and a company of nations
Promise of the land to Jacob and his descendants
Promise that kings shall come from Jacob’s line
partOf Book of Genesis NERFINISHED
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Old Testament NERFINISHED
positionInBook 35
precedes Genesis 36 NERFINISHED
primaryHumanProtagonist Jacob NERFINISHED
recordsNameChange Jacob is called Israel NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism

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לֵוִי appearsIn Genesis 35
Genesis 36 follows Genesis 35
Children of Jacob mentionedIn Genesis 35
Genesis 34 precedes Genesis 35