Kejadian 35:3
Konteks35:3 Let us go up at once 1 to Bethel. Then I will make 2 an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress 3 and has been with me wherever I went.” 4
Kejadian 41:54
Konteks41:54 Then the seven years of famine began, 5 just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.
[35:3] 1 tn Heb “let us arise and let us go up.” The first cohortative gives the statement a sense of urgency.
[35:3] 2 tn The cohortative with the prefixed conjunction here indicates purpose or consequence.
[35:3] 3 tn Heb “day of distress.” See Ps 20:1 which utilizes similar language.
[35:3] 4 tn Heb “in the way in which I went.” Jacob alludes here to God’s promise to be with him (see Gen 28:20).