Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 35:1

1 AND God said unto Jacob , Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an Altar unto God that appeared unto thee, when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother .

This was a word in season to comfort his disquieted mind, and convey him to a safer place.

Understand, and pay thy vows there made in the time of thy distress, but not yet paid: whether it was Iacobs errour to forget and neglect his former vows and promises: or whether he waited for a fit time or an admonition from God concerning the season of paying them.

Marginal references: chap. 28. 13.; chap. 27. 43.