Genesis 28:21
So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:
Genesis 28:21 in other translations
| BSB | so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God. |
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| WEB | so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and the LORD will be my God, |
| ASV | so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God, |
| YLT | when I have turned back in peace unto the house of my father, and Jehovah hath become my God, |
| DARBY | and I come again to my father's house in peace — then shall Jehovah be my God. |
| BBE | So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then I will take the Lord to be my God, |
| Webster | So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: |
What does Genesis 28:21 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 28:20-22
Jacob made a solemn vow on this occasion. In this observe, 1. Jacob's faith. He trusts that God will be with him, and will keep him; he depends upon it. 2. Jacob's moderation in his desires. He asks not for soft clothing and dainty meat. If God give us much, we are bound to be thankful, and to use it for him; if he gives us but little, we are bound to be content, and cheerfully to enjoy him in it. 3. Jacob's piety…
Genesis 28:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 28:21
- Deuteronomy 26:17
Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
- Judges 11:31
Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
- Exodus 15:2
The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- 2 Samuel 15:8
For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.
- 2 Samuel 19:24
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
- 2 Samuel 19:30
And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
- 2 Kings 5:17
And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord.
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Context
- Genesis 28:20
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
- Genesis 28:21
So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:
- Genesis 28:22
And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Genesis 28:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y si tornare en paz á casa de mi padre, Jehová será mi Dios, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et que je retourne en paix à la maison de mon père, l’ Éternel sera mon Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und ich in Frieden zurückkehre zum Hause meines Vaters, so soll Jehova mein Gott sein. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | reversusque fuero prospere ad domum patris mei: erit mihi Dominus in Deum, |