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Ge 35:1 Strong Concordance And God [0430] said [0559] unto Jacob [03290], Arise [06965], go up [05927] to Bethel [01008], and dwell [03427] there: and make [06213] there an altar [04196] unto God [0410], that appeared [07200] unto thee when thou fleddest [01272] from the face [06440] of Esau [06215] thy brother [0251].
  King James And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
REMOVAL TO BETHEL. (Gen 35:1-15)

God said unto Jacob, Arise, &c.--This command was given seasonably in point of time and tenderly in respect of language. The disgraceful and perilous events that had recently taken place in the patriarch's family must have produced in him a strong desire to remove without delay from the vicinity of Shechem. Borne down by an overwhelming sense of the criminality of his two sons--of the offense they had given to God and the dishonor they had brought on the true faith; distracted, too, with anxiety about the probable consequences which their outrage might bring upon himself and family, should the Canaanite people combine to extirpate such a band of robbers and murderers; he must have felt this call as affording a great relief to his afflicted feelings. At the same time it conveyed a tender rebuke.

go up to Beth-el--Beth-el was about thirty miles south of Shechem and was an ascent from a low to a highland country. There, he would not only be released from the painful associations of the latter place but be established on a spot that would revive the most delightful and sublime recollections. The pleasure of revisiting it, however, was not altogether unalloyed.

make there an altar unto God, that appeared--It too frequently happens that early impressions are effaced through lapse of time, that promises made in seasons of distress, are forgotten; or, if remembered on the return of health and prosperity, there is not the same alacrity and sense of obligation felt to fulfil them. Jacob was lying under that charge. He had fallen into spiritual indolence. It was now eight or ten years since his return to Canaan. He had effected a comfortable settlement and had acknowledged the divine mercies, by which that return and settlement had been signally distinguished (compare Gen 33:19). But for some unrecorded reason, his early vow at Beth-el [Gen 28:20-22], in a great crisis of his life, remained unperformed. The Lord appeared now to remind him of his neglected duty, in terms, however, so mild, as awakened less the memory of his fault, than of the kindness of his heavenly Guardian; and how much Jacob felt the touching nature of the appeal to that memorable scene at Beth-el, appears in the immediate preparations he made to arise and go up thither (Psa 66:13).
 
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13 I will go [0935] into thy house [01004] with burnt offerings [05930]: I will pay [07999] thee my vows [05088],
20 And Jacob [03290] vowed [05087] a vow [05088], saying [0559], If God [0430] will be with me, and will keep me [08104] in this way [01870] that I go [01980], and will give [05414] me bread [03899] to eat [0398], and raiment [0899] to put on [03847],
21 So that I come again [07725] to my father's [01] house [01004] in peace [07965]; then shall the LORD [03068] be my God [0430]:
22 And this stone [068], which I have set [07760] for a pillar [04676], shall be God's [0430] house [01004]: and of all that thou shalt give [05414] me I will surely [06237] give the tenth [06237] unto thee.
19 And he bought [07069] a parcel [02513] of a field [07704], where he had spread [05186] his tent [0168], at the hand [03027] of the children [01121] of Hamor [02544], Shechem's [07927] father [01], for an hundred [03967] pieces of money [07192].
1 And God [0430] said [0559] unto Jacob [03290], Arise [06965], go up [05927] to Bethel [01008], and dwell [03427] there: and make [06213] there an altar [04196] unto God [0410], that appeared [07200] unto thee when thou fleddest [01272] from the face [06440] of Esau [06215] thy brother [0251].
2 Then Jacob [03290] said [0559] unto his household [01004], and to all that were with him, Put away [05493] the strange [05236] gods [0430] that are among you [08432], and be clean [02891], and change [02498] your garments [08071]:
3 And let us arise [06965], and go up [05927] to Bethel [01008]; and I will make [06213] there an altar [04196] unto God [0410], who answered [06030] me in the day [03117] of my distress [06869], and was with me in the way [01870] which I went [01980].
4 And they gave [05414] unto Jacob [03290] all the strange [05236] gods [0430] which were in their hand [03027], and all their earrings [05141] which were in their ears [0241]; and Jacob [03290] hid [02934] them under the oak [0424] which was by Shechem [07927].
5 And they journeyed [05265]: and the terror [02847] of God [0430] was upon the cities [05892] that were round about [05439] them, and they did not pursue [07291] after [0310] the sons [01121] of Jacob [03290].
6 So Jacob [03290] came [0935] to Luz [03870], which is in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], that is, Bethel [01008], he and all the people [05971] that were with him.
7 And he built [01129] there an altar [04196], and called [07121] the place [04725] Elbethel [0416]: because there God [0430] appeared [01540] unto him, when he fled [01272] from the face [06440] of his brother [0251].
8 But Deborah [01683] Rebekah's [07259] nurse [03243] died [04191], and she was buried [06912] beneath Bethel [01008] under an oak [0437]: and the name [08034] of it was called [07121] Allonbachuth [0439].
9 And God [0430] appeared [07200] unto Jacob [03290] again, when he came [0935] out of Padanaram [06307], and blessed [01288] him.
10 And God [0430] said [0559] unto him, Thy name [08034] is Jacob [03290]: thy name [08034] shall not be called [07121] any more Jacob [03290], but Israel [03478] shall be thy name [08034]: and he called [07121] his name [08034] Israel [03478].
11 And God [0430] said [0559] unto him, I am God [0410] Almighty [07706]: be fruitful [06509] and multiply [07235]; a nation [01471] and a company [06951] of nations [01471] shall be of thee, and kings [04428] shall come [03318] out of thy loins [02504];
12 And the land [0776] which I gave [05414] Abraham [085] and Isaac [03327], to thee I will give it [05414], and to thy seed [02233] after thee [0310] will I give [05414] the land [0776].
13 And God [0430] went up [05927] from him in the place [04725] where he talked [01696] with him.
14 And Jacob [03290] set up [05324] a pillar [04676] in the place [04725] where he talked [01696] with him, even a pillar [04678] of stone [068]: and he poured [05258] a drink offering [05262] thereon, and he poured [03332] oil [08081] thereon.
15 And Jacob [03290] called [07121] the name [08034] of the place [04725] where God [0430] spake [01696] with him, Bethel [01008].
5 And they journeyed [05265]: and the terror [02847] of God [0430] was upon the cities [05892] that were round about [05439] them, and they did not pursue [07291] after [0310] the sons [01121] of Jacob [03290].
23 Now therefore put away [05493], said he, the strange [05236] gods [0430] which are among [07130] you, and incline [05186] your heart [03824] unto the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478].
26 And Joshua [03091] wrote [03789] these words [01697] in the book [05612] of the law [08451] of God [0430], and took [03947] a great [01419] stone [068], and set it up [06965] there under an oak [0427], that was by the sanctuary [04720] of the LORD [03068].
6 And Abram [087] passed through [05674] the land [0776] unto the place [04725] of Sichem [07927], unto the plain [0436] of Moreh [04176]. And the Canaanite [03669] was then [0227] in the land [0776].
19 And Laban [03837] went [01980] to shear [01494] his sheep [06629]: and Rachel [07354] had stolen [01589] the images [08655] that were her father's [01].
3 And let us arise [06965], and go up [05927] to Bethel [01008]; and I will make [06213] there an altar [04196] unto God [0410], who answered [06030] me in the day [03117] of my distress [06869], and was with me in the way [01870] which I went [01980].
2 Then Jacob [03290] said [0559] unto his household [01004], and to all that were with him, Put away [05493] the strange [05236] gods [0430] that are among you [08432], and be clean [02891], and change [02498] your garments [08071]:
1 And God [0430] said [0559] unto Jacob [03290], Arise [06965], go up [05927] to Bethel [01008], and dwell [03427] there: and make [06213] there an altar [04196] unto God [0410], that appeared [07200] unto thee when thou fleddest [01272] from the face [06440] of Esau [06215] thy brother [0251].
20 And he erected [05324] there an altar [04196], and called it [07121] Elelohe-Israel [0415].
13 I am the God [0410] of Bethel [01008], where thou anointedst [04886] the pillar [04676], and where thou vowedst [05087] a vow [05088] unto me: now arise [06965], get thee out [03318] from this land [0776], and return [07725] unto the land [0776] of thy kindred [04138].
20 And Jacob [03290] vowed [05087] a vow [05088], saying [0559], If God [0430] will be with me, and will keep me [08104] in this way [01870] that I go [01980], and will give [05414] me bread [03899] to eat [0398], and raiment [0899] to put on [03847],
22 And this stone [068], which I have set [07760] for a pillar [04676], shall be God's [0430] house [01004]: and of all that thou shalt give [05414] me I will surely [06237] give the tenth [06237] unto thee.
22 And this stone [068], which I have set [07760] for a pillar [04676], shall be God's [0430] house [01004]: and of all that thou shalt give [05414] me I will surely [06237] give the tenth [06237] unto thee.
20 And Jacob [03290] vowed [05087] a vow [05088], saying [0559], If God [0430] will be with me, and will keep me [08104] in this way [01870] that I go [01980], and will give [05414] me bread [03899] to eat [0398], and raiment [0899] to put on [03847],