Genesis 28:21

and if I return safe and sound to my father’s house, then the Lord will be my God,

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

In Context

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,

22and this stone which I have set up as a pillar will be a house of God. And of all that you give me I will surely give a tenth to you.”

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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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