Genesis 35:9-12

9-12. Appeared unto Jacob again Thirty years have passed since God appeared unto him in the dream of the ladder years of hope, of labour, of discipline, of sorrow, and of manifold cares . With this revelation his old secular life seems to have ended; he leaves all that to his sons, and hereafter he appears as the aged saint meditating the promises . We note in this passage (Genesis 35:9-13) the expressions God appeared, God said, and God went up . Genesis 35:13. The appearance was evidently some open vision, probably the presence of the covenant angel . The oracle spoken to him (Genesis 35:10-12) is twofold, designated by the twice-repeated “God said unto him . ” The first saying (Genesis 35:10) is the repetition of his name Israel, a confirming of the blessing of Penuel . Genesis 32:28. In the second saying, (Genesis 35:11-12,) God, 1) announces himself as God Almighty, El-Shaddai, who gave Abram his new name Abraham, (Genesis 17:1; Genesis 17:5;) and 2) repeats to him the promise and prophecy spoken afore to Abram, (Genesis 17:6;) and 3) the promise of the land promised so often to Abraham and Isaac . Genesis 13:15; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 17:8; Genesis 26:3.