EXPOSITION
GENESIS 35:1
AND GOD—Elohim. The employment of this name for the Deity throughout
the present chapter has been deemed conclusive evidence that, with
Rome Jehovistic alterations, it belongs to the fundamental document
(Tuch, Bleek, Delitzsch, Kalisch, _et alii_)_; _but the frequent
allusi... [ Continue Reading ]
EXPOSITION
GENESIS 35:16
AND THEY JOURNEYED—not in opposition to the Divine commandment
(Genesis 35:1), which did not enjoin a permanent settlement at Bethel,
but in accordance probably with his own desire, if not also Heaven's
counsel, to proceed to Mamre to visit Isaac—FROM BETHEL (southwards
in... [ Continue Reading ]