35:1 And Elohim (אלהים) said to Ya'akov:
Arise, go up to Beit-El בֵית-אֵ֖ל, and dwell there: and make an altar to EL, that appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esav your brother.
35:2 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ אֶל-בֵּיתוֹ֔ וְאֶ֖ל כׇּל-אֲשֶ֣ר עִמּוֹ֑ הָסִ֜רוּ אֶת-אֱלֹהֵ֤י הַנֵּכָר֙ אֲשֶ֣ר בְּתֹכֲכֶ֔ם וְהִטַּהֲרוּ֔ וְהַחֲלִ֖יפוּ שִׂמְלֹתֵיכֶֽם׃
Vayomer Ya'akov el-beito ve'el kol-asher imo hasiru et-elohei hanechar asher betochachem vehitaharu vehachalifu simloteichem.
Then Ya'akov said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign dieties that are among you, and purify yourself, and change your garments:
35:3 And let us arise, and go up to Beit-El; and I will make there an altar to EL, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
35:4 And they gave to Ya'akov all the strange deities which [were] in their hand, and [all their] earrings which [were] in their ears; and Ya'akov hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem.
35:5 And they journeyed: and the terror of Elohim (אלהים) was upon the cities that [were] round about them, and they did not pursue after benai Ya'akov.
35:6 So Ya'akov came to Luz (that [is], Beit-El), which [is] in eretz Kenaan, , he and all the people that [were] with him.
35:7 And he built there an Altar, and called the place El-Beit-El: because there Elohim (אלהים) appeared to him, when he fled from the face of achicha.
35:8 But Devorah meineket Rivkah died, and she was buried beneath Beit-EL under an oak: and the name of it was called Alon-Bakhut(אַלּוֹן בָּכוּת oak of weeping).
35:9 And Elohim (אלהים) appeared to Ya'akov again, when he came out of Padan-Aram, and blessed him.
35:10 And Elohim (אלהים) said to him:
Your name [is] Ya'akov: your name shall not be called any more Ya'akov, but Yisrael shall be your name: and he called his name Yisrael.
35:11 And Elohim (אלהים) said to him, Ani EL Shaddai (שׁדּי): be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of you, and kings shall come out of your loins;
35:12 And the eretz which I gave Avraham and Yitzchak, to you I will give it, and to your zera after you will I give the eretz.
35:13 And Elohim (אלהים) went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
35:14 וַיַּצֵּ֨ב יַעֲקֹ֜ב מַצֵּבָ֗ה בַּמָּקוֹ֛ם אֲשֶר-דִּבֶּ֥ר אִתּוֹ֖ מַצֶּ֣בֶת אָ֑בֶן וַיַּסֵּ֤ךְ עָלֶ֙יהָ נֶ֔סֶךְ וַיִּצֹ֥ק עָלֶ֖יהָ שָֽמֶן׃
Vayatzev Ya'akov matzevah bamakom asher-diber ito matzevet aven vayasech aleiha nesech vayitzok aleiha shamen.
And Ya'akov set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, [even] a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
35:15 And Ya'akov called the name of the place where Elohim (אלהים) spoke with him, Beit-EL.
35:16 And they journeyed from Beit-EL; and there was but a little way to come to Efrat: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
35:17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; you shall have this son also.
35:18 And it came to pass, as her nefesh was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his avi called him Ben-Yamin (בּנימין).
35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Efrat, which [is] Beit Lechem.
35:20 וַיַּצֵּ֧ב יַעֲקֹ֛ב מַצֵּבָ֖ה עַל-קְבֻרָתָ֑הּ הִ֛וא מַצֶּ֥בֶת קְבֻרַת-רָחֵ֖ל עַד-הַיּוֹֽם׃
Vayatzev Ya'akov matzevah al-kevuratah hi matzevet kevurat-Rachel ad-hayom.
And Ya'akov set a pillar upon her grave: that [is] the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.
35:21 And Yisrael journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
35:22 And it came to pass, when Yisrael dwelt in that eretz, that Reuven went and lay with Bilhah his father's pilegesh (concubine): and Yisrael heard [it]. Now benai Ya'akov were twelve:
35:23 Benai Le'ah;
Reuven, Ya'akov's bachor, and Shimon, and Levy, and Yehudah, and Yissakar, and Zevulun:
35:24 Benai Rachel;
Yosef (יוסף), and Ben-yamin (בּנימין):
35:25 And benai Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid;
Dan, and Naftali:
35:26 And benai Zilpah, Le'ah's handmaid;
Gad, and Asher:
these [are] benai Ya'akov, which were born to him in Padan Aram.
35:27 And Ya'akov came to Yitzchak his avi to Mamre, to the city of Arbah, which [is] Hevron, where Avraham and Yitzchak sojourned.
35:28 Now the days of Yitzchak were one hundred and eighty years 180.
35:29 And Yitzchak breathed his last and died, and and was gathered to his people, aged and satisfied of days. And his banim Esav and Ya'akov buried him.
These verses detail the theft and hiding of Lavan's household idols (teraphim) by Rachel during Yaakov's secret departure. Rachel steals the dieties (31:19), Lavan confronts Ya'akov about them (31:30), Rachel hides them in a saddle and sits on them (31:34), and later, Ya'akov orders his family to dispose of foreign dieties (35:2).
Key Verses Summary:
What "put away" means in Rabbinical understanding:
Rabbinical sources explain that destroying idols immediately might not fully address the underlying issue. If people destroy idols while still holding them in their hearts, they haven't truly turned away from idolatry. Putting away requires an act of will – a conscious decision to reject these foreign dieties – which is the essential foundation for true repentance and devotion to HaShem.
In short, put away speaks to both external action and internal transformation – first separating oneself from that which is false, then being able to completely remove its presence from one's life and community.
Why not simply destroy the dieties?
Rabbinical sources explain that destroying idols immediately might not fully address the underlying issue. If people destroy idols while still holding them in their hearts, they haven't truly turned away from idolatry. Putting away requires an act of will
In short, put away speaks to both external action and internal transformation – first separating oneself from that which is false, then being able to completely remove its presence from one's life and community.