Genesis 31:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you.

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  • Gen 28:15 : 15 And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.
  • Gen 32:9 : 9 Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:
  • Gen 31:13 : 13 I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.
  • Gen 21:22 : 22 Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.
  • Gen 26:3-5 : 3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham; 4 I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth; 5 Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws.
  • Gen 26:24 : 24 That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.
  • Gen 28:4 : 4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.
  • Gen 28:13 : 13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.
  • Gen 31:18 : 18 And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 28:20-22 : 20 Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then I will take the Lord to be my God, 22 And this stone which I have put up for a pillar will be God's house: and of all you give me, I will give a tenth part to you.
  • Gen 30:25 : 25 Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.
  • Gen 35:1 : 1 And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.
  • Gen 46:2-3 : 2 And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. 3 And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:
  • Gen 50:24 : 24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.
  • Ps 46:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song.> God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.
  • Ps 90:15 : 15 Make us glad in reward for the days of our sorrow, and for the years in which we have seen evil.
  • Isa 41:10 : 10 Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.
  • Gen 13:15 : 15 For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 32:9
    87%

    9 Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:

  • Gen 31:11-13
    3 verses
    81%

    11 And in my dream the angel of the Lord said to me, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

    12 And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.

    13 I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

  • Gen 28:15
    80%

    15 And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.

  • Gen 28:20-21
    2 verses
    80%

    20 Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,

    21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then I will take the Lord to be my God,

  • Gen 31:4-5
    2 verses
    79%

    4 And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

    5 And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me

  • Gen 31:2
    79%

    2 And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.

  • Gen 35:1
    78%

    1 And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

  • Gen 46:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    2 And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

    3 And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:

    4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.

  • Gen 26:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2 And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:

    3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

  • Gen 28:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2 But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

    3 And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.

  • Gen 30:25
    76%

    25 Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.

  • Gen 48:21
    75%

    21 Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.

  • Exod 3:16
    75%

    16 Go and get together the chiefs of the children of Israel, and say to them, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by me, and has said, Truly I have taken up your cause, because of what is done to you in Egypt;

  • Gen 31:42
    75%

    42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

  • Gen 35:9
    75%

    9 Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,

  • Gen 37:1
    75%

    1 Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 35:3
    74%

    3 And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

  • Gen 31:25
    74%

    25 Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

  • Gen 31:30
    74%

    30 And now, it seems, you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house; but why have you taken my gods?

  • Gen 32:4
    74%

    4 And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:

  • Gen 28:13
    74%

    13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.

  • Gen 30:30
    74%

    30 For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

  • Gen 28:7
    74%

    7 And that Jacob had done as his father and mother said and had gone to Paddan-aram;

  • Gen 32:20
    73%

    20 And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.