King James Version
Genesis 35:9 in the King James Version says “And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.”
Genesis 35:9 · KJV
And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. Elbethel: that is, The God of Bethel
But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. Allonbachuth: that is, The oak of weeping
And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“appeared”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“And God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“and blessed”
H1288to kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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