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Genesis 28:21 KJV
Genesis · chapter 28 · verse 21
So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:Genesis 28:21 · King James Version
Genesis 28:21 in context
19And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
20And 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 raiment to put on,
21So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
22And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- father'sʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- peaceshâlôwmsafeH7965 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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God manifested himself and his favour to Jacob when he was asleep and purely passive; for the spirit, like the wind, blows when and where he listeth, and God's grace, like the dew, tarrieth not for the sons of men, Mic 5:7. But Jacob applied himself to the improvement of the visit God had made him when he was awake;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-22