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Genesis 35:3
New English Translation
Genesis 35:3
New English Translation
3 Let us go up at once[a] to Bethel. Then I will make[b] an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress[c] and has been with me wherever I went.”[d]
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- Genesis 35:3 tn Heb “let us arise and let us go up.” The first cohortative gives the statement a sense of urgency.
- Genesis 35:3 tn The cohortative with the prefixed conjunction here indicates purpose or consequence.
- Genesis 35:3 tn Heb “day of distress.” See Ps 20:1 which utilizes similar language.
- Genesis 35:3 tn Heb “in the way in which I went.” Jacob alludes here to God’s promise to be with him (see Gen 28:20).
Genesis 35:3
New International Version
Genesis 35:3
New International Version
3 Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God,(A) who answered me in the day of my distress(B) and who has been with me wherever I have gone.(C)”
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