Genesis 32:9

Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’

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WEBBE

Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’

BSB

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,’

KJV

And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

ASV

And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Jehovah, who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good:

BBE

Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 יַעֲקֹב ya·'a·ko Jacob H3290 אֱלֹהֵי 'e·lo·hei O God of H430 אָבִי 'a·vi father my H1 אַבְרָהָם 'av·ra·ham Abraham H85 וֵאלֹהֵי ve·lo·hei and [the] God of H430 אָבִי 'a·vi father my H1 יִצְחָק yitz·chak Isaac H3327 יְהוָה yah·weh O Yahweh H3068 הָאֹמֵר ha·'o·mer who said H559 אֵלַי 'e·lai to me H413 שׁוּב shuv return H7725 לְאַרְצְךָ le·'ar·tze·kha to land your H776 וּלְמוֹלַדְתְּךָ u·le·mo·lad·te·kha and to kindred your H4138 וְאֵיטִיבָה ve·'ei·ti·vah so let me do good H3190 עִמָּךְ 'i·makh with you H5973

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 9–23

Times of fear should be times of prayer: whatever causes fear, should drive us to our knees, to our God. Jacob had lately seen his guards of angels, but in this distress he applied to God, not to them; he knew they were his fellow-servants, Re 22:9. There cannot be a better pattern for true prayer than this. Here is a thankful acknowledgement of former undeserved favours; a humble confession of unworthiness; a plain statement of his fears and distress; a full reference of the whole affair to the Lord, and resting all his hopes on him. The best we can say to God in prayer, is what he has said to us. Thus he made the name of the Lord his strong tower, and could not but be safe. Jacob's fear did not make him sink into despair, nor did his prayer make him presume upon God's mercy, without the use of means. God answers prayers by teaching us to order our affairs aright. To pacify Esau, Jacob sent him a present. We must not despair of reconciling ourselves to those most angry against us.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.