Genesis 28:21

In 11 translations

BSB

so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.

KJV

So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:

WEB

so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,

ASV

so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God,

LSV

when I have turned back in peace to the house of my father, and YHWH has become my God,

YLT

when I have turned back in peace unto the house of my father, and Jehovah hath become my God,

DBY

and I come again to my father's house in peace — then shall Jehovah be my God.Elohim

DRC

And I shall return prosperously to my father’s house: the Lord shall be my God:

GNV

So that I come againe vnto my fathers house in safetie, then shall the Lord be my God.

JPS

so that I come back to my father's house in peace, then shall the LORD be my God,

LXXE

and bring me back in safety to the house of my father, then shall the Lord be for a God to me.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְשַׁבְתִּ֥י בְשָׁל֖וֹם אֶל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑י וְהָיָ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה לִ֖י לֵאלֹהִֽים׃

LXX-Br

καὶ ἀποστρέψῃ με μετὰ σωτηρίας εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ ἔσται Κύριός μοι εἰς Θεόν.

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• Deuteronomy 26:17Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.
• Judges 11:31then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
• Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
• 2 Samuel 15:8For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
• 2 Samuel 19:24Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
• 2 Samuel 19:30And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”
• 2 Kings 5:17“If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry. For your servant will never again make a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the LORD.

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