Genesis 28:21

you will look after me, I will return to my father's camp. If you do like that for me, in exchange I will obey you whatever you tell me.

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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

20After that he said to God, “You told me you will be with me, you will care for me, you will give me belongings and food,

22I will talk to you at this rock I stood up. If you give me 10 possessions, I will give you one in return.” Like that he talked to God.

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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 →

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