Genesis 35 · Verse 13

Genesis 35:13

And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
Genesis 35:13, King James Version

Genesis 35:13 in other translations

BSBThen God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.
WEBGod went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
ASVAnd God went up from him in the place where he spake with him.
YLTAnd God goeth up from him, in the place where He hath spoken with him.
DARBYAnd God went up from him in the place where he had talked with him.
BBEThen God went up from him in the place where he had been talking with him.
WebsterAnd God went up from him, in the place where he talked with him.

What does Genesis 35:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. God went up from him--The presence of God was indicated in some visible form and His acceptance of the sacrifice shown by the miraculous descent of fire from heaven, consuming it on the altar.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 And God went up from him - This was not a vision, nor a strong mental impression, but a real manifestation of God. Jacob saw and heard him speak, and before his eyes he went up - ascended to heaven. This was no doubt the future Savior, the Angel of the covenant. See Gen 16:7.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 35:6-15

The comfort the saints have in holy ordinances, is not so much from Beth-el, the house of God, as from El-beth-el, the God of the house. The ordinances are empty things, if we do not meet with God in them. There Jacob buried Deborah, Rebekah's nurse. She died much lamented. Old servants in a family, that have in their time been faithful and useful, ought to be respected. God appeared to Jacob. He renewed the…

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Genesis 35:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֥עַלvai.Ya.'aland he went upH5927
מֵעָלָ֖יוme.'a.Lavfrom with <the> himH5921
אֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
בַּמָּק֖וֹםba.ma.Komat the placeH4725
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whereH834
דִּבֶּ֥רdi.Berhe had spokenH1696
אִתּֽוֹ\׃'i.Towith himH854

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 35:13

  • Genesis 17:22

    And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

  • Genesis 18:33

    And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

  • Genesis 11:5

    And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

  • Judges 6:21

    Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.

  • Judges 13:20

    For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

  • Luke 24:31

    And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11:5; 17:22; 18:33; Jud 6:21; 13:20; Lu 24:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 35:12

    And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

  • Genesis 35:13

    And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

  • Genesis 35:14

    And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

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Genesis 35:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y fuése de él Dios, del lugar donde con él había hablado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Dieu monta d’auprès de lui, dans le lieu où il avait parlé avec lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Gott fuhr von ihm auf an dem Orte, wo er mit ihm geredet hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et recessit ab eo.