Then the Lord said to Jacob, (A)“Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will (B)be with you.”

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15 Behold, (A)I am with you and will (B)keep[a] you wherever you go, and will (C)bring you back to this land; for (D)I will not leave you (E)until I have done what I have spoken to you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:15 protect

(A)Then Jacob said, (B)“O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord (C)who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you’:

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Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, (A)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

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10 (A)Fear not, (B)for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

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15 (A)Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”

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13 I am the God of Bethel, (A)where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to Me. Now (B)arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family.’ ”

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A Covenant with Abimelech

22 And it came to pass at that time that (A)Abimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, (B)“God is with you in all that you do.

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God the Refuge of His People and Conqueror of the Nations

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song (A)for Alamoth.

46 God is our (B)refuge and strength,
(C)A[a] very present help in trouble.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 46:1 An abundantly available help

Then God spoke to Israel (A)in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!”

And he said, “Here I am.”

So He said, “I am God, (B)the God of your father; do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will (C)make of you a great nation there.

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Jacob’s Return to Bethel

35 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to (A)Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, (B)who appeared to you (C)when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

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18 And he carried away all his livestock and all his possessions which he had gained, his acquired livestock which he had gained in Padan Aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of (A)Canaan.

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Jacob’s Agreement with Laban

25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, (A)“Send me away, that I may go to (B)my own place and to my country.

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20 (A)Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If (B)God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me (C)bread to eat and clothing to put on, 21 so that (D)I come back to my father’s house in peace, (E)then the Lord shall be my God. 22 And this stone which I have set as a pillar (F)shall be God’s house, (G)and of all that You give me I will surely give a [a]tenth to You.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:22 tithe

13 (A)And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: (B)“I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; (C)the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.

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And give you (A)the blessing of Abraham,
To you and your descendants with you,
That you may inherit the land
(B)In[a] which you are a stranger,
Which God gave to Abraham.”

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  1. Genesis 28:4 Lit. Of your sojournings

24 And the Lord (A)appeared to him the same night and said, (B)“I am the God of your father Abraham; (C)do not fear, for (D)I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham’s sake.”

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(A)Dwell in this land, and (B)I will be with you and (C)bless you; for to you and your descendants (D)I give all these lands, and I will perform (E)the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. And (F)I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; (G)and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; (H)because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

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15 for all the land which you see (A)I give to you and (B)your [a]descendants forever.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 13:15 Lit. seed

15 Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us,
The years in which we have seen evil.

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24 And Joseph said to his brethren, “I am dying; but (A)God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land (B)of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

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