Génesis 35:1-6

1 Regreso de Jacob a Betel
Entonces Dios le dijo a Jacob: «¡Prepárate! Múdate a Betel, establécete allí y edifica un altar a Dios, quien te apareció cuando huías de tu hermano Esaú».

2 Entonces Jacob les dijo a todos los de su casa: «Desháganse de todos sus ídolos paganos, purifíquense y pónganse ropas limpias.

3 Ahora vamos a Betel, donde edificaré un altar al Dios que respondió a mis oraciones cuando yo estaba angustiado. Él ha estado conmigo en todos los lugares por donde anduve».

4 Entonces le entregaron a Jacob todos los ídolos paganos que conservaban y también los aretes, y él los enterró bajo el gran árbol que está cerca de Siquem.

5 Cuando salían, Dios mandó terror sobre los habitantes de todas las ciudades de aquella región, así que nadie atacó a la familia de Jacob.

6 Finalmente Jacob y todos los de su casa llegaron a Luz (también llamada Betel), en Canaán.

Génesis 35:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 35

This chapter gives an account of Jacob's going to Bethel, and building an altar there by the order and direction of God, Ge 35:1-7, where Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried, Ge 35:8, and where God appeared to Jacob, confirmed the new name of Israel he had given him, and renewed to him the promises of the multiplication of his seed, and of their inheriting the land of Canaan, Ge 35:9-13; all which is gratefully acknowledged by Jacob, who erected a pillar in the place, and called it Bethel, in memory of God's gracious appearance to him there, Ge 35:14,15; from hence he journeyed towards his father's house, and on the way Rachel his wife fell in travail, and bore him a son, and died, and was buried near Ephrath, Ge 35:16-21; near this place Reuben committed incest with Bilhah, Ge 35:22, and the names of the twelve sons of Jacob are given, Ge 35:23-26; and the chapter is closed with an account of Jacob's arrival at his father's house, of the death of Isaac, and of his burial at the direction of his two sons, Ge 35:27-29.