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Genesis 35

Gen. 35:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto hisq household
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
, and to all that were with him, Put away
cuwr (Hebrew #5493)
a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), X grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, X be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
Pronounce: soor
Origin: or suwr (Hosea 9:12) {soor}
the strange
nekar (Hebrew #5236)
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
KJV usage: alien, strange (+ -er).
Pronounce: nay-kawr'
Origin: ' from 5234
gods
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
r that are amongx you
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
, and bey clean
taher (Hebrew #2891)
properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication) to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
KJV usage: be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).
Pronounce: taw-hare'
Origin: a primitive root
, and change
chalaph (Hebrew #2498)
properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
KJV usage: abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.
Pronounce: khaw-laf'
Origin: a primitive root
your garments
simlah (Hebrew #8071)
a dress, especially a mantle
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment. Compare 8008.
Pronounce: sim-law'
Origin: perhaps by permutation for the feminine of 5566 (through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath)
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Gen. 18:19• 19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do justice and judgment; that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. (Gen. 18:19)
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Josh. 24:15• 15And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Amorite, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah. (Josh. 24:15)
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Psa. 101:2‑7• 2I will behave myself wisely in an upright way:{HR}When wilt thou come unto me?{HR}I will walk within my house in uprightness of my heart.
 3I will set nothing of Belial before mine eyes;{HR}I hate the doing of those that turn aside ;{HR}It shall not cleave to me.
 4A perverse heart shall depart from me:{HR}Evil I will not know.
 5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour,{HR}Him I will cut off;{HR}The lofty of eyes and proud of heart,{HR}Him will I not suffer.
 6Mine eyes [shall be] on the faithful of the land to dwell with me;{HR}He that walketh in an upright way shall serve me.
 7He that doeth guile shall not dwell within my house;{HR}He that speaketh falsehoods shall not be established before mine eyes. (Psa. 101:2‑7)
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Gen. 31:19• 19Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that [were] her father's. (Gen. 31:19)
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Josh. 24:23• 23Now therefore put away the strange gods that are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel. (Josh. 24:23)
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1 Sam. 7:3• 3And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you. Prepare ye hearts unto Jehovah, and serve Him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. (1 Sam. 7:3)
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Ex. 19:10• 10And Jehovah said to Moses, Go to the people, and hallow them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes; (Ex. 19:10)

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Gen. 18:19• 19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do justice and judgment; that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. (Gen. 18:19)
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Josh. 24:15• 15And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Amorite, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah. (Josh. 24:15)
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Psa. 101:2‑7• 2I will behave myself wisely in an upright way:{HR}When wilt thou come unto me?{HR}I will walk within my house in uprightness of my heart.
 3I will set nothing of Belial before mine eyes;{HR}I hate the doing of those that turn aside ;{HR}It shall not cleave to me.
 4A perverse heart shall depart from me:{HR}Evil I will not know.
 5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour,{HR}Him I will cut off;{HR}The lofty of eyes and proud of heart,{HR}Him will I not suffer.
 6Mine eyes [shall be] on the faithful of the land to dwell with me;{HR}He that walketh in an upright way shall serve me.
 7He that doeth guile shall not dwell within my house;{HR}He that speaketh falsehoods shall not be established before mine eyes. (Psa. 101:2‑7)
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Gen. 31:19,34• 19Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that [were] her father's.
 34Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them under the camel's saddle, and she sat upon them. And Laban felt about all the tent and found them not. (Gen. 31:19,34)
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Ex. 20:3‑4• 3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
 4Thou shalt not make thyself any graven image, or any form of what is in the heavens above, or what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters under the earth: (Ex. 20:3‑4)
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Ex. 23:13• 13And ye shall be on your guard as to everything that I have said unto you; and shall make no mention of the name of other gods—it shall not be heard in thy mouth. (Ex. 23:13)
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Deut. 5:7• 7Thou shalt have no other gods before me. (Deut. 5:7)
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Deut. 6:14• 14Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you; (Deut. 6:14)
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Deut. 7:25• 25The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire; thou shalt not covet the silver and gold that is on them and take it unto thee, lest thou be ensnared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God. (Deut. 7:25)
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Deut. 11:28• 28and a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of Jehovah your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods which ye have not known. (Deut. 11:28)
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Deut. 32:16• 16They moved him to jealousy with strange gods,{HR}With abominations did they provoke him to anger.{HR} (Deut. 32:16)
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Josh. 23:7• 7that ye enter not among these nations, these that remain among you; and ye shall make no mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them , neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them; (Josh. 23:7)
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Josh. 24:2,20,23• 2And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.
 20If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
 23Now therefore put away the strange gods that are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel. (Josh. 24:2,20,23)
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Judg. 10:16• 16And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. (Judg. 10:16)
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Ruth 1:15• 15And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back to her people and to her gods: return after thy sister-in-law. (Ruth 1:15)
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1 Sam. 7:3• 3And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you. Prepare ye hearts unto Jehovah, and serve Him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. (1 Sam. 7:3)
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2 Sam. 7:23• 23And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make Him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? (2 Sam. 7:23)
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2 Kings 17:29• 29And every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they dwelt. (2 Kings 17:29)
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1 Chron. 16:26• 26For all the gods of the peoples are idols;{HR}But Jehovah made the heavens.{HR} (1 Chron. 16:26)
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Jer. 5:7• 7How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. (Jer. 5:7)
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Jer. 16:20• 20Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? (Jer. 16:20)
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Dan. 5:4• 4They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood and of stone. (Dan. 5:4)
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Acts 19:26• 26And ye behold and hear that this Paul hath persuaded and turned away a considerable crowd, not only of Ephesus, but of almost all Asia, saying that they are no gods that are made by hands. (Acts 19:26)
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1 Cor. 10:7• 7Neither be ye idolaters, even as some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. (1 Cor. 10:7)
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2 Cor. 6:15‑17• 15and what consent of Christ with Beliar? or what part for a believer with an unbeliever?
 16and what agreement for God's temple with idols? For ye are [the] living God's temple, even as God said, I will dwell and walk among them, and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
 17Wherefore come out from the midst of them and be separated, saith [the] Lord, and touch no unclean thing; and I will receive you (2 Cor. 6:15‑17)
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Gal. 4:8• 8But then, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods; (Gal. 4:8)
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Gen. 35:22• 22And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine; and Israel heard of [it]. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: (Gen. 35:22)
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Gen. 34:2,24‑25• 2And Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the land, saw her, and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
 24And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city, and every male was circumcised, all that went out at the gate of the city.
 25And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took each his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. (Gen. 34:2,24‑25)
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Ex. 19:10,14• 10And Jehovah said to Moses, Go to the people, and hallow them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes;
 14And Moses came down from the mountain to the people, and hallowed the people; and they washed their clothes. (Ex. 19:10,14)
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Lev. 15:5• 5And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his raiment, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even. (Lev. 15:5)
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Lev. 17:16• 16But if he wash them not nor bathe his flesh, he shall also bear his iniquity. (Lev. 17:16)
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Num. 31:24• 24And ye shall wash your garments on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterwards ye may come into the camp. (Num. 31:24)
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2 Kings 5:10,12‑13• 10And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
 12Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them and be clean? And he turned and went away in a rage.
 13And his servants drew near, and spoke to him and said, My father, if the prophet had bidden thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he says to thee, Wash and be clean? (2 Kings 5:10,12‑13)
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Job 1:5• 5And it was [so], when the days of their feasting had gone round, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, Perhaps my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. (Job 1:5)
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Psa. 51:2,7• 2Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,{HR}And cleanse me from my sin.
 7Purge me with hyssop,{HR}And I shall be clean; wash me,{HR}And I shall be whiter than snow. (Psa. 51:2,7)
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Eccl. 5:1• 1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God;{HR}For to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools:{HR}For they know not that they do evil. (Eccl. 5:1)
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Isa. 1:16• 16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes. (Isa. 1:16)
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Isa. 52:11• 11Depart, depart, go out from thence, touch no unclean [thing]; go out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of Jehovah. (Isa. 52:11)
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Jer. 13:27• 27Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy fornication, on the hills, in the fields, —thine abominations, have I seen. Woe unto thee, Jerusalem! Wilt thou not be made clean? after how long a time yet? (Jer. 13:27)
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Ezek. 18:31• 31Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, Ο house of Israel? (Ezek. 18:31)
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Ezek. 20:7• 7then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God. (Ezek. 20:7)
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Ezek. 36:25• 25Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. (Ezek. 36:25)
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John 13:10‑11• 10Jesus saith to him, He that is washed hath no need to wash [other] than his feet , but is wholly clean; and ye are clean, but not all.
 11For he knew him that was delivering him up: on this account he said, Ye are not all clean. (John 13:10‑11)
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2 Cor. 7:1• 1Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in God's fear. (2 Cor. 7:1)
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Heb. 10:22• 22let us approach with true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from a wicked conscience, and our body washed with pure water. (Heb. 10:22)
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James 4:8• 8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse hands, sinners, and purify hearts, ye double-minded. (James 4:8)
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1 Peter 2:1‑2• 1Putting away therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil-speakings,
 2as new-born babes long for the guileless intelligent milk that by it ye may grow unto salvation, (1 Peter 2:1‑2)
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Jude 23• 23others save, pulling them out of [the] fire; and others pity with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. (Jude 23)
• Nothing can keep the soul in a path of consistent, intelligent separation from evil save the sense of what “the house of God” is, and what becomes that house. (“Genesis 35” by C.H. Mackintosh)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;

W. Kelly Translation

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And Jacob said to his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;