Genesis 28:21
So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
KJV
reversusque fuero prospere ad domum patris mei : erit mihi Dominus in Deum,
Vulgate
καὶ ἀποστρέψῃ με μετὰ σωτηρίας εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ ἔσται μοι Κύριος εἰς θεόν·
LXX
so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God,
ASV
וְ/שַׁבְתִּ֥י בְ/שָׁל֖וֹם אֶל בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑/י וְ/הָיָ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה לִ֖/י לֵ/אלֹהִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שָׁלֽוֹם
shlvm
noun · 235×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2573God renews his promise to Jacob, the ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel.17 Before confronting his elder brother Esau, Jacob wrestles all night with a mysterious figure who refuses to reveal his name, but he blesses him before leaving him at dawn. From this account, the spiritual tradition of the Church has retained the symbol of prayer as a battle of faith and as the trium…
Cross-references
- 2Sam 15:8 — For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
- Deut 26:17 — Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
- Exod 15:2 — The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Exod 15:2 — The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Gen 31:18 — And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
- Gen 49:25 — Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of t
- Judg 11:31 — Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt of
- Luke 20:37 — Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.