Genesis 31:5
3 Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
4 So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,
and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.
6 You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
7 And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.
- KJV
- And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
- WEB
- and said to them, “I see the expression on your father’s face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
- ASV
- and said unto them, I see your father`s countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me.
- DARBY
- and said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as previously; but the God of my father has been with me.
- BLB
- and he said to them, “I can see the face of your⁺ father, that it [is] not toward me as yesterday and the day before yesterday; and the God of my father has been with me.
- ÅB
- Og han sa til dem: Jeg ser på deres fars ansikt at han ikke er den samme mot meg som før; men min fars Gud har vært med meg.
- OTB
- Han sa til dem: «Jeg ser at deres fars holdning til meg ikke er som før, men min fars Gud har vært med meg.
- B1930
- Og han sa til dem: Jeg ser på eders fars ansikt at han ikke er den samme mot mig som før; men min fars Gud har vært med mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 31:2–3
And Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.
Read in contextGenesis 31:53
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
Read in contextGenesis 48:15
Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
Read in contextGenesis 31:42
If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”
Read in contextGenesis 32:9
Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’
Read in contextGenesis 50:17
‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
Read in contextGenesis 21:22
At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
Read in contextGenesis 31:13
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
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