Genesis 35:1

The Return to Bethel

35:1 Then God said to Jacob, “Go up at once to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”


tn Heb “arise, go up.” The first imperative gives the command a sense of urgency.

map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

sn God is calling on Jacob to fulfill his vow he made when he fled from…Esau (see Gen 28:20-22).