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. ● Gen 35:21 . . Israel journeyed on, and pitched his tent beyond Migdal-eder. Although Israel is Jacob's spiritual name, it's also the name of his whole household (e.g. Gen 34:7) so that when Genesis says "Israel journeyed" it means everybody associated with Jacob was on the move. An...

. Genesis 35:16b-20 ● Gen 35:16b . . Rachel was in childbirth, and she had hard labor. Rachel was no longer a spring chicken. Rueben, Jacob's firstborn, is now old enough to fool around with grown women. It's probably been in the neighborhood of 40+ years since Rachel's first meeting with...

. Genesis 35:13-16a ● Gen 35:13-14 . . God parted from him at the spot where He had spoken to him; and Jacob set up a pillar at the site where He had spoken to him, a pillar of stone, and he offered a libation on it and poured oil upon it. The pillar that Jacob erected on this same site back...

. Genesis 35:6-12 ● Gen 35:6-7 . .Thus Jacob came to Luz-- that is, Bethel --in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. There he built an altar and named the site El-bethel, for it was there that God had revealed Himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother. Bethel...

. Genesis 35:1-5 ● Gen 35:1 . . God said to Jacob: Arise, go up to Bethel and remain there; and build an altar there to the god who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau. That is some very strange language. Why didn't God say "build an altar to Me; who appeared to you...

. My account crashed May 28 and stopped recognizing my password. All attempts to reset the password have been failing, and all attempts to re-register have been failing too until just today. On top of that; the past Genesis posts are now so tiny that I have to set my browser's zoom to 200%...