Genesis 35:12

Translations

Modern

The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”

Traditional

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.

Literal

And the land that I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, I give to you. And to your seed after you I will give the land.”

Latin

…terramque quam dedi Abraham et Isaac, dabo tibi et semini tuo post te.

Original

Hebrew

English

The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”

Notes

Genesis 35:11–12

God’s reference to himself as God Almighty assured Jacob that his promise could and would be fulfilled. At Bethel, God promised Jacob that he would have descendants in the land (compare 28:13–14). Here, God added that his descendants would include kings (see 17:6).

Genesis 35:9–15

At Bethel, God confirmed the promise he made earlier. He reminded Jacob that his name was now Israel, proving that he had received the blessing.

Genesis 35:1–29

This chapter discusses God's promises, Jacob's vow, and how Jacob's sons continue the covenant. Deborah, Rachel, and Isaac died. This marked the end of an era and the story of Isaac's family (25:19–35:29).
They removed idols (35:1–4) and established pure worship (35:6–7). During this time, they needed to renew their faith so Jacob's sons could continue the covenant.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaac Jacob Inheriting the Land Symbolic Numbers

Related verses

Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Genesis 28:13
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
Genesis 26:3–4
Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
Genesis 13:14–17
After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
Genesis 48:4
…and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
Exodus 3:8
I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Joshua 6:1–21
Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
Nehemiah 13:1–31
At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,
Genesis 28:3–4
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.

People

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people Isaac: Son of Abraham; father of Jacob and Esau

Glossary

Anoint Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Burial, Burial Customs Ebla Tablets Genesis, Book of Israel (Person) Jacob Judges, Book of Land Patriarchs, Period of the Worship

Topics

Beth-El: A City North of Jerusalem: And Builds an Altar At Blessing: Temporal, from God: To Jacob Holy Land: Promised to Jacob Jacob: God Confirms the Covenant of Abraham To Jacob: Prophecies Concerning Himself and his Descendants The Jews: Promises Respecting Made to Jacob

Genesis 35:12

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