Genesis 35:2

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the stran gods that are among you, and be clean, and chan your garments:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ אֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ וְאֶ֖ל כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עִמּ֑וֹ הָסִ֜רוּ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֤י הַנֵּכָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּתֹכְכֶ֔ם וְהִֽטַּהֲר֔וּ וְהַחֲלִ֖יפוּ שִׂמְלֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer yaʿăqōb unto his bêtô and unto kol-ʾăšer ʿimmô, hāsîrû ʾet-ʾĕlōhê hannēkār ʾăšer bȇtôkȇkem, and wȇhiṭṭahărû, and wȇhaḥălîfû your śimlōtêkem.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *yaʿăqōb*: proper noun, subject - Jacob
• *bêtô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his house/household
• *kol-ʾăšer*: construct noun + relative particle - all who/everything that
• *ʿimmô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him
• *hāsîrû*: hiphil imperative masculine plural - remove/put away
• *ʾet-ʾĕlōhê*: direct object marker + masculine plural construct noun - the gods of
• *hannēkār*: article + masculine singular noun - the foreign/strange
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - which/that
• *bȇtôkȇkem*: preposition + masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - in your midst
• *wȇhiṭṭahărû*: waw consecutive + hithpael imperative masculine plural - and purify yourselves
• *wȇhaḥălîfû*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperative masculine plural - and change
• *śimlōtêkem*: feminine plural noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your garments/clothes

Word Meanings

• *bêtô*: house/household/family
• *ʾĕlōhê hannēkār*: foreign gods/strange deities/gods of foreigners
• *hāsîrû*: remove/put away/get rid of
• *wȇhiṭṭahărû*: purify yourselves/cleanse yourselves/make yourselves ceremonially clean
• *śimlōtêkem*: garments/clothes/robes

Referenced Verses

• Exod 19:10 : 10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
• Gen 18:19 : 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
• Gen 31:19 : 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the imas that were her father's.
• Josh 24:15 : 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
• Exod 19:14 : 14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
• Josh 24:23 : 23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
• Gen 31:34 : 34 Now Rachel had taken the imas, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
• 1 Sam 7:3 : 3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
• 1 Pet 2:1-2 : 1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
• Jude 1:23 : 23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
• 2 Sam 7:23 : 23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
• 2 Kgs 5:10 : 10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
• 2 Kgs 5:12-13 : 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
• 2 Kgs 17:29 : 29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
• 1 Chr 16:26 : 26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
• Job 1:5 : 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did continually.
• Ps 51:2 : 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
• Ps 51:7 : 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
• Ps 101:2-7 : 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. 4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. 6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
• Eccl 5:1 : 1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
• Isa 1:16 : 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
• Isa 52:11 : 11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
• Jer 5:7 : 7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
• Jer 13:27 : 27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O usalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
• Jer 16:20 : 20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
• Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
• Ezek 20:7 : 7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
• Ezek 36:25 : 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
• Dan 5:4 : 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
• John 13:10-11 : 10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. 11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
• Acts 19:26 : 26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
• 1 Cor 10:7 : 7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
• 2 Cor 6:15-17 : 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
• 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Gal 4:8 : 8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
• Heb 10:22 : 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
• Jas 4:8 : 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
• Gen 34:2 : 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
• Gen 34:24-25 : 24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. 25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
• Gen 35:22 : 22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
• Judg 10:16 : 16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
• Ruth 1:15 : 15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
• Josh 24:20 : 20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
• Exod 20:3-4 : 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
• Exod 23:13 : 13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
• Lev 15:5 : 5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be uncan until the even.
• Lev 17:16 : 16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his fsh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
• Num 31:24 : 24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
• Deut 5:7 : 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
• Deut 6:14 : 14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
• Deut 7:25 : 25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not sire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
• Deut 11:28 : 28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn asi out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
• Deut 32:16 : 16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
• Josh 23:7 : 7 That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
• Josh 24:2 : 2 And hua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.