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Genesis 35:2

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And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.	Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and be clean, and change your garments:	And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then Jacob^H3290 said^H559 unto his household^H1004, and to all that were with him, Put away^H5493 the strange^H5236 gods^H430 that are among you^H8432, and be clean^H2891, and change^H2498 your garments^H8071:

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב אֶל־בֵּיתֹו וְאֶל כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עִמֹּו הָסִרוּ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵי הַנֵּכָר אֲשֶׁר בְּתֹכְכֶם וְהִטַּהֲרוּ וְהַחֲלִיפוּ שִׂמְלֹתֵיכֶם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
יַעֲקֹב֙	ya.'a.Ko	H3290	HNp	Jacob
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
בֵּית֔/וֹ	bei.T/o	H1004	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	household/ his
וְ/אֶ֖ל	ve./'El	H413	HC/R	and/ to
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	who
עִמּ֑/וֹ	i.M/o	H5973	HR/Sp3ms	(were) with/ him
הָסִ֜רוּ	ha.Si.ru	H5493	HVhv2mp	remove
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
אֱלֹהֵ֤י	'e.lo.Hei	H430	HNcmpc	(the) gods of
הַ/נֵּכָר֙	ha./ne.Khar	H5236	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ foreignness
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
בְּ/תֹכְ/כֶ֔ם	be./to.khe./Khem	H8432	HR/Ncmsc/Sp2mp	in/ midst of/ you
וְ/הִֽטַּהֲר֔וּ	ve./hi.ta.ha.Ru	H2891	HC/Vtv2mp	and/ purify yourselves
וְ/הַחֲלִ֖יפוּ	ve./ha.cha.Li.fu	H2498	HC/Vhv2mp	and/ change
שִׂמְלֹתֵי/כֶֽם	sim.lo.tei./Khem	H8071	HNcfpc/Sp2mp	clothes/ your

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; 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; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H2498 — חָלַף (châlaph, khaw-laf'): a primitive root; properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change; abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.
• H2891 — טָהֵר (ṭâhêr, taw-hare'): a primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication); to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy); be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).
• H3290 — יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'): from עָקַב; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch; Jacob.
• H5236 — נֵכָר (nêkâr, nay-kawr'): ' from נָכַר; foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom; alien, strange ([phrase] -er).
• H5493 — סוּר (çûwr, soor): or שׂוּר; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative); be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
• H8071 — שִׂמְלָה (simlâh, sim-law'): perhaps by permutation for the feminine of סֶמֶל (through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath); a dress, especially a mantle; apparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment. Compare שַׂלְמָה.
• H8432 — תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, taw'-vek): from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H5973 — עִם (ʻim, eem): from עָמַם; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English); accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• clean — Genesis 34:2, Genesis 34:24-25, Genesis 35:22, Exodus 19:10, Exodus 19:14, Leviticus 15:5, Leviticus 17:16, Numbers 31:24, 2 Kings 5:10, 2 Kings 5:12-13, Job 1:5, Psalms 51:2, Psalms 51:7, Ecclesiastes 5:1, Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 52:11, Jeremiah 13:27, Ezekiel 18:31, Ezekiel 20:7, Ezekiel 36:25, John 13:10-11, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Hebrews 10:22, James 4:8, 1 Peter 2:1-2, Jude 1:23
• strange — Genesis 31:19, Genesis 31:34, Exodus 20:3-4, Exodus 23:13, Deuteronomy 5:7, Deuteronomy 6:14, Deuteronomy 7:25, Deuteronomy 11:28, Deuteronomy 32:16, Joshua 23:7, Joshua 24:2, Joshua 24:20, Joshua 24:23, Judges 10:16, 1 Samuel 7:3, 2 Samuel 7:23, 2 Kings 17:29, 1 Chronicles 16:26, Jeremiah 5:7, Jeremiah 16:20, Daniel 5:4, Acts 19:26, 1 Corinthians 10:7, 2 Corinthians 6:15-17, Galatians 4:8
• unto his — Genesis 18:19, Joshua 24:15, Psalms 101:2-7

Reciprocal references (12): Numbers 8:7, Numbers 11:18, Numbers 31:20, Joshua 24:14, Judges 6:25, 2 Chronicles 35:6, Nehemiah 12:30, Psalms 116:1, Isaiah 44:13, Jeremiah 4:1, John 11:55, Acts 15:20

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: AWAKENINGS AND RELIGIOUS REFORMS, BUSINESS LIFE, CLEANLINESS, FALSE WORSHIP, HOME
• Torrey’s: GARMENTS, IDOLATRY, MASTERS, PATRIARCHAL GOVERNMENT
• Nave’s: ALTAR, BETH-EL, FAMILY, HOLINESS, ICONOCLASM, IDOLATRY, JACOB, POLYTHEISM, PURIFICATION, TERAPHIM, WORSHIP

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