Genesis 31:13

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar of stone, where you made a vow to me. Now arise, leave this land, and return to the land where you were born.”’

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In The King James Version

I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

In Context

12And he said, “Look! All the male goats which are mating are striped, speckled, and piebald: for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.

14Then Rachel and Leah answered him, ‘There is no longer any inheritance for us in our father’s house.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:12Then he dreamed and saw a ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and the messengers of God were going up and down on it.

Genesis 28:20Jacob also made this promise, ‘If God will be with me and protect me on this journey which I am making and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on,

Genesis 32:9Jacob also prayed, ‘God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, Lord who said to me, “Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do well by you,”

Genesis 35:7He built there an altar, and named the place El-Bethel, because there God revealed himself to him, when he fled from the presence of his brother.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:2-17

Jacob's Departure. ( b. c. 1739.) 1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. 3 And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 And said unto them, I see your father's… Read the whole commentary →

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