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Genesis 35:3
New English Translation

3 Let us go up at once[a] to Bethel. Then I will make[b] an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress[c] and has been with me wherever I went.”[d]

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  1. Genesis 35:3 tn Heb “let us arise and let us go up.” The first cohortative gives the statement a sense of urgency.
  2. Genesis 35:3 tn The cohortative with the prefixed conjunction here indicates purpose or consequence.
  3. Genesis 35:3 tn Heb “day of distress.” See Ps 20:1 which utilizes similar language.
  4. Genesis 35:3 tn Heb “in the way in which I went.” Jacob alludes here to God’s promise to be with him (see Gen 28:20).
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