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BrLXXΕἶπε δὲ Κύριος πρὸς Ἰακὼβ, ἀποστρέφου εἰς τὴν γῆν τοῦ πατρός σου, καὶ εἰς τὴν γενεάν σου, καὶ ἔσομαι μετὰ σοῦ. (Eipe de Kurios pros Yakōb, apostrefou eis taʸn gaʸn tou patros sou, kai eis taʸn genean sou, kai esomai meta sou. )
BrTrAnd the Lord said to Jacob, Return to the land of thy father, and to thy family, and I will be with thee.
ULTThen Yahweh said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”
USTThen Yahweh told Jacob, “Return to your ancestors’ homeland, where your relatives live, and I will stay with you and help you.”
BSB § Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
OEBThe Lord said to Jacob, ‘Return to the land of your ancestors, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.’
WEBBEThe LORD said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”
JPSAnd the LORD said unto Jacob: 'Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.'
ASVAnd Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
DRAEspecially the Lord saying to him: Return into the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I will be with thee.
YLTAnd Jehovah saith unto Jacob, 'Turn back unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I am with thee.'
DrbyAnd Jehovah said to Jacob, Return into the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
RVAnd the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
WbstrAnd the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
KJB-1769And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. (And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy/your fathers, and to thy/your kindred; and I will be with thee/you. )
KJB-1611And the LORD said vnto Iacob, Returne vnto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I wil be with thee. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
BshpsAnd the Lorde sayde vnto Iacob: turne agayne into the lande of thy fathers, and to thy kynrede, and I wyll be with thee. (And the Lord said unto Yacob: turn again into the land of thy/your fathers, and to thy/your kynrede, and I will be with thee/you.)
GnvaAnd the Lord had said vnto Iaakob, Turne againe into the lande of thy fathers, and to thy kinred, and I wilbe with thee. (And the Lord had said unto Yacob, Turn again into the land of thy/your fathers, and to thy/your kinred, and I will be with thee/you. )
CvdlAnd the LORDE sayde vnto him: Departe agayne to thy fatherlade, and to thy kynred, I wyll be with the. (And the LORD said unto him: Depart again to thy/your fatherlade, and to thy/your kynred, I will be with them.)
Wyclmoost for the Lord seide to hym, Turne ayen into the lond of thi fadris, and to thi generacioun, and Y shal be with thee. (moost for the Lord said to him, Turn again into the land of thy/your fathers, and to thy/your generation, and I shall be with thee/you.)
LuthUnd der HErr sprach zu Jakob: Zeuch wieder in deiner Väter Land und zu deiner Freundschaft; ich will mit dir sein. (And the/of_the LORD spoke to Yakob: Zeuch again in deiner fathers Land and to deiner Freundschaft; I will with you/to_you sein.)
ClVgmaxime dicente sibi Domino: Revertere in terram patrum tuorum, et ad generationem tuam, eroque tecum. (maxime dicente sibi Master: Revertere in the_earth/land patrum tuorum, and to generationem your, eroque tecum. )
31:3The land of your father and grandfather was the land of Canaan, to which Abraham had previously been called (12:1-7; 17:8). • Return . . . I will be with you: See study notes on 26:2-5; 28:12-15. God protected Jacob (“Israel,” 32:28) as he brought his family back to the land that was promised to them. God later brought Israel back to Canaan after long years of service in Egypt. That great return had many elements similar to this passage: God defeated foreign gods and beliefs, used dreams for rescue and protection, gave victory over those who threatened them, and established boundaries between nations and tribes (see Deut 32:8).
Alternate translation: “Return to the land where your ancestors lived and where your other relatives also live,”
וְאֶֽהְיֶ֖ה עִמָּֽךְ
and,be with,you
See how you translated this clause in Gen 26:3 and how you translated similar clauses in Gen 26:8, 24; 28:15. Alternate translation: “and I will stay with you and bless you.”
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
