Genesis 35: A Different, Difficult Legacy

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Oct 17, 2025 · 5m

Avraham blazed the trail, and Yitzchak, for the most part, followed suit. Yaakov, however, began his journey differently—marked by exile, struggle, and deception. But now, in Bereishit 35, Hashem calls him back to the sacred geography of his forefathers.

בראשית ל״ה:א׳

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־יַעֲקֹב קוּם עֲלֵה בֵּית־אֵל וְשֵׁב שָׁם וַעֲשֵׂה שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לָאֵל הַנִּרְאֶה אֵלֶיךָ בְּבָרְחֲךָ מִפְּנֵי עֵשָׂו אָחִיךָ׃

And G-d said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and remain there; and build an altar there to the G-d who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”

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