The Meaning of Genesis 35:9 Explained

Genesis 35:9

KJV: And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

YLT: And God appeareth unto Jacob again, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and blesseth him;

Darby: And God appeared to Jacob again after he had come from Padan-Aram, and blessed him.

ASV: And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And God  appeared  unto Jacob  again, when he came  out of Padanaram,  and blessed  him. 

What does Genesis 35:9 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 35:1-15 - Jacob Blessed At Bethel
Thirty years before Jacob was at Bethel. Life was young then. He had only his staff. The future was unshaped and unknown. It was on the occasion of his first night from home; and he made many vows. How much had happened since then! Marriage, prosperity, children! But he had drifted down the stream, and had traveled into the far country from God. It was well that he should get back to Bethel, and consider the whole story of his life, as you may trace a river from source to mouth from an overlooking hill. The divine summons is always bidding us be clean and change our garments, and be rid of idols. There God gave him the great new name of Israel; and took to himself the reassuring name of El-Shaddai. It was as though, as the Almighty, he pledged himself to realize the highest and best. Let us take heart! God will make us fruitful, will give us the land, and will ward off the results of our misdeeds, Genesis 35:5.
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Chapter Summary: Genesis 35

1  God commands Jacob to go to Bethel
2  He purges his house of idols
6  He builds an altar at Bethel
8  Deborah dies at Allon Bacuth
9  God blesses Jacob at Bethel
10  Jacob Named Israel
16  Rachel travails of Benjamin, and dies in the way to Edar
22  Reuben lies with Bilhah
23  The sons of Jacob
27  Jacob comes to Isaac at Hebron
28  The age, death, and burial of Isaac

What do the individual words in Genesis 35:9 mean?

And appeared God to Jacob again when he came from from Padan Aram and blessed him
וַיֵּרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים אֶֽל־ יַעֲקֹב֙ ע֔וֹד בְּבֹא֖וֹ מִפַּדַּ֣ן אֲרָ֑ם וַיְבָ֖רֶךְ אֹתֽוֹ

וַיֵּרָ֨א  And  appeared 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
אֱלֹהִ֤ים  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
יַעֲקֹב֙  Jacob 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יַעֲקֹב  
Sense: son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 2 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel.
ע֔וֹד  again 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עֹוד  
Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
בְּבֹא֖וֹ  when  he  came 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אֲרָ֑ם  from  Padan  Aram 
Parse: Preposition, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: פַּדָּן 
Sense: a plain or tableland in northern Mesopotamia in Aram, a region of Syria.
וַיְבָ֖רֶךְ  and  blessed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּרַךְ 
Sense: to bless, kneel.