Genesis 28:21

so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and the Lord will be my God,

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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

20Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,

22then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God's house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you."

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 26:17You have declared the Lord this day to be your God, and that you would walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice:

2 Samuel 15:8For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, 'If the Lord shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.'"

2 Samuel 19:30Mephibosheth said to the king, "Yes, let him take all, because my lord the king has come in peace to his own house."

1 Chronicles 4:10Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it not be to my sorrow! God granted him that which he requested.

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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