Genesis 32:9 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 32:9

Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’

BSB

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ASV

And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Jehovah, who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good:

KJV

And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Hebrew Questions on Genesis (420)

(Verse 9 and 10.) And Jacob said, O God of my father Isaac, Lord, who said to me, Return to your land and I will bless you: I am less than all your mercies, and all your truth, which you have shown to your servant. For because of what we have done, I am less, something else I do not know, which disturbs the meaning, is contained in the Greek and Latin codices.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Such was the humble self-denying sense he had of his own unworthiness that he did not call God his own God, but a God in covenant with his ancestors: O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac; and this he could the better plead because the covenant, by divine designation, was entailed upon him. Note, God's covenant with our fathers may be a comfort to us when were are in distress.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

O God of my father Abraham, etc. - This prayer is remarkable for its simplicity and energy; and it is a model too for prayer, of which it contains the essential constituents: - 1. Deep self-abasement. 2. Magnification of God’s mercy. 3. Deprecation of the evil to which he was exposed. 4. Pleading the promises that God had made to him. And, 5. Taking encouragement from what God had already wrought.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמֶר֮	vai.yo.Mer	and he said	H559 →
יַעֲקֹב֒	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
אֱלֹהֵי֙	'e.lo.Hei	O God of	H430 →
אָבִ֣י	'a.Vi	father my	H1 →
אַבְרָהָ֔ם	'av.ra.Ham	Abraham	H85 →
וֵאלֹהֵ֖י	ve.lo.Hei	and [the] God of	H430 →
אָבִ֣י	'a.Vi	father my	H1 →
יִצְחָ֑ק	yitz.Chak	Isaac	H3327 →
יְהוָ֞ה	Yah.weh	O Yahweh	H3068 →
הָאֹמֵ֣ר	ha.'o.Mer	who said	H559 →
אֵלַ֗י	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
שׁ֧וּב	shuv	return	H7725 →
לְאַרְצְךָ֛	le.'ar.tze.Kha	to land your	H776 →
וּלְמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖	u.le.mo.lad.te.Kha	and to kindred your	H4138 →
וְאֵיטִ֥יבָה	ve.'ei.Ti.vah	so let me do good	H3190 →
עִמָּֽךְ׃	'i.Makh	with you	H5973 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 31:42
If 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…
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.
Through
Genesis 28:13
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the…
leads to
- Genesis 13:15
  for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
- Genesis 35:12
  The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”
- Genesis 48:3
  Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
- Genesis 26:24
  and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your…
- Genesis 35:1
  Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
Through
Genesis 31:3
Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
leads to
- Genesis 28:15
  Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what…
Through
Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
leads to
- Genesis 31:3
  Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Genesis

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Genesis