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- Genesis
- Chapter 28
- Verse 21
So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
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Gill's Exposition
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…
- Jacob’s Journey to Haran 3. קהל qâhāl, “congregation.” 9. מחלת māchălat, Machalath, “sickness, or a harp.” 19. לוּז lûz, Luz, “almond.” The blessing of his sons was the last passage in the…
God manifested himself and his favour to Jacob when he was asleep and purely passive; for the spirit, like the wind, blows when and where he listeth, and God's grace, like the dew, tarrieth not for…
Cambridge Bible
to my father's house in peace It does not appear that this was literally fulfilled. Jacob, on his return, did not dwell at his father's house. But, perhaps, "father's house" means "the land of his…
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