Genesis 28:21 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 28:21

So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:

KJV

Parallel translations

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ASV

so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God,

WEB

so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.

YLT

when I have turned back in peace unto the house of my father, and Jehovah hath become my God,

DBT

and I come again to my father's house in peace — then shall Jehovah be myGod.

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Old Testament

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Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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10 verses on the floor

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.
Genesis 49:25
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

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Jacob had now had a gracious visit from heaven. God had renewed his covenant with him, and the covenant is mutual. When God ratifies his promises to us, it is proper for us to repeat our promises to him.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

GEN 28:21EXO 15:2 ISA 12:2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
GEN 28:21EXO 15:2 PSA 118:14
GEN 28:21EXO 15:2 PSA 18:46
GEN 28:21EXO 15:2 PSA 59:17
GEN 28:21EXO 15:2 ISA 25:1
GEN 28:212SA 15:8 1SA 1:11
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
GEN 28:21DEU 26:17 EXO 24:7
GEN 28:212SA 15:8 2SA 13:37-38

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