Genesis 31:53 KJV

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

Matthew Henry

  • Their covenant at GaleedLaban could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob, therefore desires to hear no more of that matter. He is not willing to own himself in fault, as he...

Thompson Chains

Cross References

  • Genesis 31:42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
  • Genesis 16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
  • Genesis 11:24–29 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: …
  • Exodus 3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
  • Joshua 24:2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

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Topics

  • Contracts By erecting a heap of stones
  • Covenant By a monument
  • Ingratitude Laban to Jacob
  • Jacob Dissatisfied with Laban’s treatment and returns to the land of Canaan
  • Laban Pursues Jacob, overtakes him at Mount Gilead, and covenants with him

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Bible Dictionary

  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
  • AbrahamFather of a multitude, son of Terah, named (Gen 11:27) before his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir of the...
  • NahorSnorting. (1.) The father of Terah, who was the father of Abraham (Gen 11:22–25; Luke 3:34).
  • JacobOne who follows on another’s heels; supplanter, (Gen 25:26; Gen 27:36; Hos 12:2–4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah....
  • IsaacLaughter. (1) Israel, or the kingdom of the ten tribes (Amos 7:9, Amos 7:16).

Strong’s Numbers

  • The God אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
  • of Abraham אַבְרָהָם ʼAbrâhâm
  • and the God אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
  • of Nahor נָחוֹר Nâchôwr
  • the God אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
  • of their father אָב ʼâb
  • judge שָׁפַט shâphaṭ
  • betwixt us. And Jacob יַעֲקֹב Yaʻăqôb
  • sware שָׁבַע shâbaʻ
  • by the fear פַּחַד pachad
  • of his father אָב ʼâb
  • Isaac יִצְחָק Yitschâq

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