THEOSISGenesis 31:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And said to them: I see your father's countenance is not towards me as yesterday and the other day: but the God of my father hath been with me.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֗ן רֹאֶ֤ה אָנֹכִי֙ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י אֲבִיכֶ֔ן כִּֽי־אֵינֶ֥נּוּ אֵלַ֖י כִּתְמֹ֣ל שִׁלְשֹׁ֑ם וֽ͏ֵאלֹהֵ֣י אָבִ֔י הָיָ֖ה עִמָּדִֽי׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 31:2And perceiving also, that Laban's countenance was not towards him as yesterday and the other day.
- Gen 31:3Especially the Lord saying to him: Return into the land of thy fathers and to thy kindred, and I will be with thee.
- Gen 31:42Unless the God of my father, Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had stood by me, peradventure now thou hadst sent me away naked: God beheld my affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday.
- Gen 48:15And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and said: God, in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God that feedeth me from my youth until this day:
- Gen 31:53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nachor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac:
- Gen 50:17That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice they practised against thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the servants of the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he wept.
- Gen 32:9And Jacob said: O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac: O Lord who saidst to me, Return to thy land, and to the place of thy birth, and I will do well for thee.
- Gen 21:22At the same time Abimelech, and Phicol the general of his army, said to Abraham: God is with thee in all that thou dost.