Genesis 35:3

Let us go up at once ¹  to Bethel. Then I will make ²  an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress ³  and has been with me wherever I went.” ⁴ 

Ge 28:12,13; Ge 28:20; Ge 31:3,42; Ge 32:7,24; Ps 46:1; Ps 50:15; Ps 66:13,14; Ps 91:15; Ps 103:1-5; Ps 107:6,8; Ps 116:1,2,16-18; Ps 118:19-22; Pr 3:6; Isa 30:19; Isa 43:2

¹ tn Heb “let us arise and let us go up.” The first cohortative gives the statement a sense of urgency.

² tn The cohortative with the prefixed conjunction here indicates purpose or consequence.

³ tn Heb “day of distress.” See Ps 20:1 which utilizes similar language.

⁴ tn Heb “in the way in which I went.” Jacob alludes here to God’s promise to be with him (see Gen 28:20).