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Genesis 28:21 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and the LORD will be my God, "

Genesis 28:21

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19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

20 Jacob 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,

21 so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and the LORD will be my God,

22 then 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 a tenth to you.”

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Genesis 28:1

"Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan."

Genesis 28:2

"Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother."

Genesis 28:3

"May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,"

Genesis 28:4

"and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham.”"

Genesis 28:5

"Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother."

Genesis 28:6

"Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;”"

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