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Genesis 28:21
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so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God,
so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,
so I will be able to return in peace to my father's house. If the Lord does these things, he will be my God.
and I return safely to my father's home, then the Lord will become my God.
So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,
and if [He grants that] I return to my father's house in safety, then the LORD will be my God.
and Y turne ayen in prosperite to the hows of my fadir, the Lord schal be in to God to me.
when I have turned back in peace unto the house of my father, and Jehovah hath become my God,
so that I may return safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my God.
and bring me safely home again, you will be my God.
so that I return to my father's house in peace, then Adonai will be my God;
so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God,
So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then I will take the Lord to be my God,
So that I come agayne vnto my fathers house in saftie: then shal the Lord be my God.
and I come again to my father's house in peace—then shall Jehovah be my God.
and if I return in peace to my father's house—if he does all these things—then the Lord will be my God.
so that I come back to my father's house in peace, then shall the LORD be my God,
So that I come againe to my fathers house in peace: then shall the LORD be my God.
So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:
so that I return in peace to my father's house, then the Lord will be my God.
so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God,
and I come back in prosperity unto the house of my father, Then will Yahweh prove to be my God, -
So that I come againe vnto my fathers house in safetie, then shal the Lord be my God.
So that I may return to my fathers house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God;
and if I return safely to my father's home, then you will be my God.
And I shall return prosperously to my father’s house: the Lord shall be my God:
so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God,
and bring me back in safety to the house of my father, then shall the Lord be for a God to me.
so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then shall the LORD be my God,
and if I return safely to my father’s family, then the Lord will be my God.
so that I come again to my father's house in shalom, and the LORD will be my God,
and if I return in peace to the house of my father, then Yahweh will become my God.
and I return in peace to the house of my father, then Jehovah shall be my God,
and brynge me peaceably home agayne vnto my father: The shall the LORDE be my God,
and I return to my father's house in safety, then the LORD will be my God.
and if I return safely to my father's home, then the Lord will certainly be my God.
and I return to my father's house in safety, then the LORD will be my God.
and I return to my father's house in peace, then Yahweh will be my God.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I come: Judges 11:31, 2 Samuel 19:24, 2 Samuel 19:30
then: Exodus 15:2, Deuteronomy 26:17, 2 Samuel 15:8, 2 Kings 5:17
Reciprocal: Genesis 28:15 - I am Genesis 31:18 - for to go Genesis 49:25 - the God Luke 20:37 - when
Cross-References
The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father's God, and I will exalt Him.
Today you have proclaimed the LORD to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will obey His voice.
then it will be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the people of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering."
For your servant took a vow while I dwelt at Geshur in Syria, saying, "If the LORD indeed brings me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD."'
Now Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. And he had not cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he returned in peace.
Then Mephibosheth said to the king, "Rather, let him take it all, inasmuch as my lord the king has come back in peace to his own house."
So Naaman said, "Then, if not, please let your servant be given two mule-loads of earth; for your servant will no longer offer either burnt offering or sacrifice to other gods, but to the LORD.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
So that I come again to my father's house in peace,.... In safety from Esau, and all other enemies, as God promised him he should:
then the Lord shall be my God; not as if he should not be his God if he did not do all this for him; which would savour not only of a mercenary spirit, but of great impiety; neither of which were to be found in Jacob: but the meaning is, that he should not only continue to own him as his God, and to worship him, but having fresh obligations upon him, should be stirred up more eagerly and devoutly to serve him in a very singular way and manner, and particularly by doing what is expressed in
Genesis 28:22. Some think he has respect to the Messiah, owning him to be the true God with the Father and the blessed Spirit, who had appeared to Abraham, and was the fear of Isaac, and whom Jacob now owned as his God: this receives some confirmation from the Targum of Jonathan, which begins the paragraph thus,
"if the Word of the Lord will be my help, &c. then the Lord shall be my God.''
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
- Jacobâs Journey to Haran
3. ק×× qaÌhaÌl, âcongregation.â
9. ×××ת maÌchaÌlat, Machalath, âsickness, or a harp.â
19. ××Ö¼× luÌz, Luz, âalmond.â
The blessing of his sons was the last passage in the active life of Isaac, after which he retires from the scene. Jacob now becomes the leading figure in the sacred history. His spiritual character has yet come out to view. But even now we can discern the general distinction in the lives of the three patriarchs. Abrahamâs is a life of authority and decision; Isaacâs, of submission and acquiescence; and Jacobâs, of trial and struggle.
Genesis 28:1-5
Isaac has now become alive to the real destiny of Jacob. He therefore calls for him to bless him, and give him a command. The command is to take a wife, not from Kenaan, but from the kindred of his parents. The blessing comes from âGod Almightyâ (Genesis 17:1). It is that belonging to the chosen seed, âthe blessing of Abraham.â It embraces a numerous offspring, the land of promise, and all else that is included in the blessing of Abraham. âA congregation of peoples.â This is the word âcongregationâ (ק×× qaÌhaÌl) which is afterward applied to the assembled people of God, and to which the Greek εÌκκληÏιÌα ekkleÌsia, âecclesia,â corresponds. Jacob complies with his motherâs advice and his fatherâs command, and, at the same time, reaps the bitter fruit of his fraud against his brother in the hardship and treachery of an exile of twenty years. The aged Isaac is not without his share in the unpleasant consequences of endeavoring to go against the will of God.
Genesis 28:6-9
Esau is induced, by the charge of his parents to Jacob, the compliance of the latter with their wishes, and by their obvious dislike to the daughters of Kenaan, to take Mahalath, a daughter of Ishmael, in addition to his former wives. âWent unto Ishmael;â that is, to the family or tribe of Ishmael, as Ishmael himself was now thirteen years dead. Esauâs hunting and roving career had brought him into contact with this family, and we shall presently find him settled in a neighboring territory.
Genesis 28:10-22
Jacobâs dream and vow. Setting out on the way to Haran, he was overtaken by night, and slept in the field. He was far from any dwelling, or he did not wish to enter the house of a stranger. He dreams. A ladder or stair is seen reaching from earth to heaven, on which angels ascend and descend. This is a medium of communication between heaven and earth, by which messengers pass to and fro on errands of mercy. Heaven and earth have been separated by sin. But this ladder has re-established the contact. It is therefore a beautiful emblem of what mediates and reconciles John 1:51. It here serves to bring Jacob into communication with God, and teaches him the emphatic lesson that he is accepted through a mediator. âThe Lord stood above it,â and Jacob, the object of his mercy, beneath. First. He reveals himself to the sleeper as âthe Lordâ Genesis 2:4, âthe God of Abraham thy father, and of Isaac.â It is remarkable that Abraham is styled his father, that is, his actual grandfather, and covenant father. Second. He renews the promise of the land, of the seed, and of the blessing in that seed for the whole race of man. Westward, eastward, northward, and southward are they to break forth. This expression points to the world-wide universality of the kingdom of the seed of Abraham, when it shall become the fifth monarchy, that shall subdue all that went before, and endure forever. This transcends the destiny of the natural seed of Abraham. Third. He then promises to Jacob personally to be with him, protect him, and bring him back in safety. This is the third announcement of the seed that blesses to the third in the line of descent Genesis 12:2-3; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:4.
Genesis 28:16-19
Jacob awakes, and exclaims, âSurely the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not.â He knew his omnipresence; but he did not expect a special manifestation of the Lord in this place, far from the sanctuaries of his father. He is filled with solemn awe, when he finds himself in the house of God and at the gate of heaven. The pillar is the monument of the event. The pouring of oil upon it is an act of consecration to God who has there appeared to him Numbers 7:1. He calls the name of the place Bethel, âthe house of God.â This is not the first time it received the name. Abraham also worshipped God here, and met with the name already existing (see on Genesis 12:8; Genesis 13:3; Genesis 25:30.)
Genesis 28:20-22
Jacobâs vow. A vow is a solemn engagement to perform a certain duty, the obligation of which is felt at the time to be especially binding. It partakes, therefore, of the nature of a promise or a covenant. It involves in its obligation, however, only one party, and is the spontaneous act of that party. Here, then, Jacob appears to take a step in advance of his predecessors. Hitherto, God had taken the initiative in every promise, and the everlasting covenant rests solely on his eternal purpose. Abraham had responded to the call of God, believed in the Lord, walked before him, entered into communion with him, made intercession with him, and given up his only son to him at his demand. In all this there is an acceptance on the part of the creature of the supremacy of the merciful Creator. But now the spirit of adoption prompts Jacob to a spontaneous movement toward God. This is no ordinary vow, referring to some special or occasional resolve.
It is the grand and solemn expression of the soulâs free, full, and perpetual acceptance of the Lord to be its own God. This is the most frank and open utterance of newborn spiritual liberty from the heart of man that has yet appeared in the divine record. âIf God will be with me.â This is not the condition on which Jacob will accept God in a mercenary spirit. It is merely the echo and the thankful acknowledgment of the divine assurance, âI am with thee,â which was given immediately before. It is the response of the son to the assurance of the father: âWilt thou indeed be with me? Thou shalt be my God.â âThis stone shall be Godâs house,â a monument of the presence of God among his people, and a symbol of the indwelling of his Spirit in their hearts. As it comes in here it signalizes the grateful and loving welcome and entertainment which God receives from his saints. âA tenth will I surely give unto thee.â The honored guest is treated as one of the family. Ten is the whole: a tenth is a share of the whole. The Lord of all receives one share as an acknowledgment of his sovereign right to all. Here it is represented as the full share given to the king who condescends to dwell with his subjects. Thus, Jacob opens his heart, his home, and his treasure to God. These are the simple elements of a theocracy, a national establishment of the true religion. The spirit of power, and of love, and of a sound mind, has begun to reign in Jacob. As the Father is prominently manifested in regenerate Abraham, and the Son in Isaac, so also the Spirit in Jacob.
