Genesis 31:42 — If the fearsome God worshiped by Abraham and my father Isaac had not been on my… — CEV | maBible

Read Genesis 31:42 (Contemporary English Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Genesis 31.42, Genesis 31v42, Gen. 31:42. If the fearsome God worshiped by Abraham and my father Isaac had not been on my side, you would have sent me away without a thing. But God saw my hard w…

Other reference formats: Genesis 31.42, Genesis 31v42, Gen. 31:42.

42 If the fearsome God worshiped by Abraham and my father Isaac had not been on my side, you would have sent me away without a thing. But God saw my hard work, and he knew the trouble I was in, so he helped me. Then last night he told you how wrong you were.

Passage themes

The God of the ancestors — Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham
The fear of God — the fear of Isaac
God sees suffering — God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands

Notes and references

fearsome God: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

Events in this chapter

31.1 — Jacob fuit Laban, retour vers Canaan

Did you know?

Des milliers d'années en 50 chapitres La Genèse couvre plus de temps que tout le reste de la Bible réuni : de la création du monde jusqu'à l'installation en Égypte. Aucun autre livre biblique ne parcourt autant d'histoire en si peu de pages.

About this book

Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph

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