1. ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Genesis 35

2. Big Idea
Even though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death, I will fear no
evil, for you are with me
Psalm 23:4 2

3. ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Genesis 35

4. Theology Check
There were some present at that very time who
told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate
had mingled with their sacrifices. And he
answered them, “Do you think that these
Luke 13:1–5 4

5. Theology Check
Galileans were worse sinners than all the other
Galileans, because they suffered in this way?
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all
likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom
Luke 13:1–5 5

6. Theology Check
the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you
think that they were worse offenders than all
the others who lived in Jerusalem? No, I tell
you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise
perish.
Luke 13:1–5 6

7. In a nutshell
People-bad things happen to bad people!
Jesus-you think they were terrible sinners?
Jesus- don’t think you are better off
Jesus- freak accident not equal to God’s wrath
Jesus- repent
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8. God Speaks
Arise, go up to Bethel and live there,
and make an altar there to God, who
appeared to you when you fled from
your brother Esau.
Genesis 35:1 8

9. If God will be with me and
will keep me on this
journey that I take, and
will give me food to eat
and garments to wear,
and I return to my father’s
house in safety, then the
Genesis 28:20–22 9
Remember this place?

10. LORD will be my God. This
stone, which I have set up
as a pillar, will be God’s
house, and of all that You
give me I will surely give a
tenth to You.
Genesis 28:20–22 10
Remember this place?
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11. Confused Compass
Return to the land of your
Fathers.
I’ll meet you in Sier!
Built a house in Succoth.
Bought a homestead in
Shechem.
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12. Take Charge Moment
Put away the foreign gods which are
among you, and purify yourselves and
change your garments; and let us arise
and go up to Bethel,
Genesis 35:2–3 12

13. Take Charge Moment
and I will make an altar there to God,
who answered me in the day of my
distress and has been with me
wherever I have gone.
Genesis 35:2–3 13

14. You shall have no
other gods before me
Rachael and the household idols
Gen. 31:19
Choose this day who you will serve.
Josh 24:23
Jephthah raised to be a deliverer
Judg. 10:16
The prophet Samuels rules Israel
1 Samuel 7:3
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15. Repeated
Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who
shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean
hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his
soul to [an idol] and does not swear deceitfully.
Psalm 24:3–4 15

16. We need to leave the old behind
For at one time you were darkness,
but now you are light in the Lord.
Walk as children of light.
Ephesians 5:8 16

17. All the trappings of idol worship
So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which
they had and the rings which were in their ears,
and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near
Shechem.
Genesis 35:4 17

18. God’s protection
As they journeyed,
there was a great
terror upon the
cities which were
around them, and
they did not pursue
the sons of Jacob.
Genesis 35:5 18

19. God of the House of God
So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel),
which is in the land of Canaan, he and all
the people who were with him. He built
an altar there, and called the
Genesis 35:6–7 19

20. God of the House of God
place El-bethel, because there God had
revealed Himself to him when he fled from
his brother.
Genesis 35:6–7 20

21. Obedience is what God wants
Deuteronomy 11:26–28 (ESV)
26 “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and
a curse: 27 the blessing, if you obey the
commandments of the LORD your God, which I
command you today, 28 and the curse, if you do not
obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but
turn aside from the way that I am commanding you
today, to go after other gods that you have not
known.
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22. For us today
And by this we know that we
have come to know him, if we
keep his commandments.
1 John 2:3 22

23. Oak of Weeping
Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse,
died, and she was buried below
Bethel under the oak; it was
named Allon-bacuth.
Genesis 35:8 23

24. Death is part of life
Ecclesiastes 3:1–2 For everything there is a season,
and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to
be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time
to pluck up what is planted;
1 Thessalonians 4:14 For since we believe that Jesus
died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will
bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
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25. Blessings follow obedience
Then God appeared to Jacob again
when he came from Paddan-aram,
and He blessed him.
Genesis 35:9 25

26. God Appears
“Your name is Jacob; You shall no longer
be called Jacob, But Israel shall be your
name.” (Thus He called him Israel)“I am
Genesis 35:10–12 26

27. God Appears
God Almighty; Be fruitful and multiply; A
nation and a company of nations shall
come from you, And kings shall come forth
Genesis 35:10–12 27

28. God Appears
from you. The land which I gave to
Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you,
And I will give the land to your
descendants after you.”
Genesis 35:10–12 28

29. What
He
says
Name change
Introduction
Charge
Blessing
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30. Who
you
are
I CALL YOU
ISRAEL
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31. Who He is
I AM GOD
ALMIGHTY
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32. His command
BE FRUITFUL
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33. What
He
gives
THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM
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34. Good response
Then God went up from him in the place where He had
spoken with him. Jacob set up a pillar in the place where
He had spoken with him, a pillar of stone, and he poured
out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.
Genesis 35:13–14 34

35. Worshipped
Oil and wine
A memorial of the event
A reminder to all
Rachael dies in childbirth
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36. Where was God?
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath
(that is, Bethlehem). Jacob set up a pillar over her grave;
that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.
Genesis 35:19–20 36

37. When not if
When you pass through the waters, I will be with
you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow
you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be
scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.
Isaiah 43:2 37

38. What!
Genesis 35:22 (NASB95)
22 It came about while Israel was dwelling
in that land, that Reuben went and lay with
Bilhah his father’s concubine, and Israel
heard of it.
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39. Bad act has consequences
Genesis 49:4 (NASB95)
4 “Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have
preeminence, Because you went up to your father’s
bed; Then you defiled it—he went up to my couch.
1 Chronicles 5:1 (NASB95)
1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he
was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s
bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the
son of Israel; so that he is not enrolled in the genealogy
according to the birthright.
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40. Not a righteous man
The son will not bear the punishment for the
father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the
punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness
of the righteous will be upon himself, and the
wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.
Ezekiel 18:20 40

41. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
By faith he went to live in the land of
promise, as in a foreign land, living in
tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with
him of the same promise.
Hebrews 11:9 41

42. Sad
Genesis 35:27–28 (NASB95)
27 Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre of Kiriath-
arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had
sojourned. 28 Now the days of Isaac were one
hundred and eighty years. Genesis 35:29 (NASB95)
29 Isaac breathed his last and died and was gathered
to his people, an old man of ripe age; and his sons
Esau and Jacob buried him.
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43. Our Take-Away
1. God is with you when you are with Him
2. No matter how rough the trip, God is with you
3. Your standing with God doesn’t depend on
others
4. No matter how long it takes, do the right thing
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44. ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Genesis 35