Genesis 28:21
and bring me back in safety to the house of my father, then shall the Lord be for a God to me.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:17You have chosen God this day to be your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to observe his ordinances and judgments, and to listen to his voice.
2 Samuel 15:8For your servant vowed a vow when I lived at Gedsur in Syria, saying, If the Lord should indeed restore me to Jerusalem, then will I serve the Lord.
2 Samuel 19:30And Memphibosthe said to the king, Yes, let him take all, since my lord the king has come in peace to his house.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Igabes called on the God of Israel, saying, O that you would indeed bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would make me know that you will not grieve me! And God granted him all that he asked.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 28:17-22
Jacob's Vow. ( b. c. 1760.) 16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the… Read the whole commentary →