Genesis 35:16-29 - Jacob's Sons Esau's Sons Isaac's Death
From Bethel to Bethlehem is not far. The one, the House of God; the other, the House of Bread. We need them both, if we are to bear up under the repeated shocks of life, such as the death of the old nurse Deborah, the death of our beloved Rachels, the sins of our children, and the breakup of the old home, as when our father is borne to his grave. Well was it for Jacob that he had got right with God before these repeated waves broke upon him. Isaac had not lived a great life, but his full years gave him a claim on the veneration of his sons, who forgot their jealousies and feuds as they stood together at his bier. But how greatly men misjudge death. It is not the end, but the beginning. We find hereafter Isaac associated with Abraham and Jacob, as welcoming the saints homeward. Death greatens good men! [source]
Chapter Summary: Genesis 35
1God commands Jacob to go to Bethel 2He purges his house of idols 6He builds an altar at Bethel 8Deborah dies at Allon Bacuth 9God blesses Jacob at Bethel 10Jacob Named Israel 16Rachel travails of Benjamin, and dies in the way to Edar 22Reuben lies with Bilhah 23The sons of Jacob 27Jacob comes to Isaac at Hebron 28The age, death, and burial of Isaac
What do the individual words in Genesis 35:25 mean?
and the sonsof Bilhahmaidservantof Rachel [were]Danand Naphtali
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בִּלְהָה
Sense: Rachel’s handmaid whom she gave to Jacob as a concubine, mother to two of Jacob’s children, Dan and Naphtali.