Genesis 31:3
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you.
Webster's Revision
And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
World English Bible
Yahweh said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you."
English Revised Version (ERV)
And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
Definitions for Genesis 31:3
Clarke's Genesis 31:3 Bible Commentary
And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return - and I will be with thee - I will take the same care of thee in thy return, as I took of thee on thy way to this place. The Targum reads, My Word shall be for thy help, see Genesis 15:1. A promise of this kind was essentially necessary for the encouragement of Jacob, especially at this time; and no doubt it was a powerful means of support to him through the whole journey; and it was particularly so when he heard that his brother was coming to meet him, with four hundred men in his retinue, Genesis 32:6. At that time he went and pleaded the very words of this promise with God, Genesis 32:9.
Wesley's Genesis 31:3 Bible Commentary
31:3 The Lord said unto Jacob, Return and I will be with thee — though Jacob had met with very hard usage, yet he would not quit his place 'till God bid him. He came thither by orders from heaven, and there he would slay 'till he was ordered back. The direction he had from heaven is more fully related in the account he gives of it to his wives, where he tells them of the dream he had about the cattle, and the wonderful increase of those of his colour; and how the angel of God in that dream instructed him that it was not by chance, nor by his own policy, that he obtained that great advantage but by the providence of God, who had taken notice of the hardships Laban had put upon him, and in performance of his promise.
