Jacob returned to Bethel in Chapter 35 to meet God and sanctify his family for the atrocities committed by his sons at Shechem. Esau moves away from Canaan because there is not enough room for both Jacob’s and his livestock to graze. Jacob is now the sole inheritor of Canaan and his descendants and Esau’s descendants will be at war throughout the history of Edom. But first the descendants of Abraham must go down to Egypt and wait until the sins of the Canaanites comes to such a level that God will judge it according to His prophetic word to Abraham.( Genesis 15:16) God leads the descendants of Jacob to Egypt through a famine and by raising up a son of Jacob that will save his family from destruction.His name is Joseph.

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