Genesis 35:1-4 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. Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
1. God tells Jacob to go where?
2. Has Jacob been there before?
3. What did God tell Jacob to do there?
4. What did Jacob tell his household to do?
5. Why?
6. What did Jacob do with their possessions?
Genesis 35:5-7 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
1. Did the inhabitants of the 'land' in Genesis 34:30 come after Jacob's sons? If not, why not?
2. Do you think the inhabitants may have heard what happened to Shechem and his city and were afraid or possibly God's Host mentioned in Gen.32:1-2 were still with him?
3. What did Jacob do when he arrived at Bethel?
4. What did Jacob call this place?
5. What does Elbethel mean?
Genesis 35:8 But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
1. Who died at Bethel?
2. Who was Rachel?
3. Who was Deborah?
4. What name was given to the Oak?
5. What does Allonbachuth mean?
Genesis 35:9-13 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
1. What does Padanaram mean?
2. Did God appear to Jacob in a dream?
3. What name did God give to Jacob?
4. Who was 'The Greatest King' descended from Jacob?
5. Do Jacob's descendants still own the land God gave them to this day?
6. 'God went up from Jacob', what do you think this means?
Genesis 35:14-15 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
1. What kind of alter did Jacob build?
2. What two things did Jacob pour out on it?
Genesis 35:16-19 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
1. When they left Bethel who went into labor?
2. Where were they in their journey from Bethel, had they reached a town?
3. Who comforted Rachel during labor?
4. What did Rachel call her newborn son?
5. Did Rachel survive the birth?
6. What did Jacob call his newborn son?
7. What does Benori mean?
8. Are Ephrath and Bethlehem the same place?
Genesis 35:20-21 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
1. Does the grave of Rachel still exist today?
2. Why do you suppose the Lord might have preserved it all this time if it does?
3. Could Jacob be called a wanderer, if so why?
Genesis 35:22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
1. Who is Bilhah?
2. Who is Reuben?
3. What does it mean, 'lay with'?
4. Do you think Reuben's sin was ever mentioned again? (Gen.49:3-4).
Genesis 35:23-26 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
1. Hopefully you already have the family tree on a separate piece of paper, if so, has it helped you to keep track of whose who in the study?
Genesis 35:27-29 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
1. A Bible study question from Genesis 33:17 is answered here. What was the question?

Bonus Question: In Genesis 27:1-3 Isaac claims death is near. Was he correct? Gen.25:20,26 Gen.31:38,41

Genesis 36:1-43
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1. Make Esau's family tree. Gen.36:1-19.
2. Make Seir's family tree. Gen.36:20-30.
3. Make a chart of Edom's kings. Gen.36:31-39. 4. What does 'Duke' mean in this chapter? Gen.36