Genesis 31:53
in Genesis 31May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.
KJV
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
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This verse in Genesis 31
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe God of their father - As Laban certainly speaks of the true God here, with what propriety can he say that this God was the God of Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor? It is certain that Terah was an idolater; of this we have the most positive proof, Jos 24:2. Because the clause is not in the Septuagint, and is besides wanting in some MSS., Dr. Kennicott considers it an interpolation.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us,....
God's relation to them is thus expressed to intimate that they worshipped one and the same God, upon which consideration there ought to be no enmity between them. Note, Those that have one God should have one heart: those that agree in religion should strive to agree in every thing else. God is Judge between contending parties, and he will judge righteously; whoever does wrong, it is at his peril.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֱלֹהֵ֨י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אַבְרָהָ֜ם | ʾavraham | Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| וֵֽאלֹהֵ֤י | velohei | and [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| נָחוֹר֙ | nachor | Nahor | H5152 → | 18 times |
| יִשְׁפְּט֣וּ | yishpetu | may they judge | H8199 → | 202 times |
| בֵינֵ֔ינוּ | veineinu | between us | H996 → | 407 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֖י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲבִיהֶ֑ם | ʾavihem | father their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣ע | vaiyishava' | and he swore | H7650 → | 186 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֔ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| בְּפַ֖חַד | befachad | by [the] fear of | H6343 → | |
| אָבִ֥יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| יִצְחָֽק׃ | yitzchak | Isaac | H3327 → | 108 times |
אֱלֹהֵ֨י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
אַבְרָהָ֜םAbraham
ʾavrahamH85 →175 times
וֵֽאלֹהֵ֤יand [the] God of
veloheiH430 →2601 times
נָחוֹר֙Nahor
nachorH5152 →18 times
יִשְׁפְּט֣וּmay they judge
yishpetuH8199 →202 times
בֵינֵ֔ינוּbetween us
veineinuH996 →407 times
אֱלֹהֵ֖י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
אֲבִיהֶ֑םfather their
ʾavihemH1 →1212 times
וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣עand he swore
vaiyishava'H7650 →186 times
יַעֲקֹ֔בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
בְּפַ֖חַדby [the] fear of
befachadH6343 →
אָבִ֥יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
יִצְחָֽק׃Isaac
yitzchakH3327 →108 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 31:42If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen…
it leads to
- Psalms 31:7
I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
- Isaiah 8:13
The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.
- Genesis 31:29
I have power to do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’
- Psalms 31:7
Through
Exodus 3:6Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to…
it leads to
- Luke 20:37
Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
- Matthew 22:32
‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
- Mark 12:26
But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the…
- Exodus 4:5
“This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”
- Acts 7:32
‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
- Luke 20:37
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About Genesis
Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsAbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all nations are bles…
- PersonPatriarchsIsaacThe son of promise and of laughter — bound on Moriah, the quiet inheritor of the covenant.
- PersonPatriarchsJacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.