Genesis 32:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Then Jacob prayed: You, LORD, are the God who was worshipped by my grandfather Abraham and by my father Isaac. You told me to return home to my family, and you promised to be with me and make me successful.

Cross References

Genesis 17:7

I will always keep the promise I have made to you and your descendants, because I am your God and their God.

Genesis 28:13

The LORD was standing beside the ladder and said: I am the LORD God who was worshipped by Abraham and Isaac. I will give to you and your family the land on which you are now sleeping.

Genesis 28:15

Wherever you go, I will watch over you, then later I will bring you back to this land. I won't leave you—I will do all I have promised.

Genesis 31:13

and I am the God you worshipped at Bethel, when you poured olive oil on a rock and made a promise to me. Leave here straight away and return to the land where you were born.”

Genesis 31:29

I could easily hurt you, but the God your father worshipped has warned me not to make any threats or promises.

Genesis 31:3

One day the LORD said, “Jacob, go back to your relatives in the land of your ancestors, and I will bless you.”

Genesis 31:42

If the fearsome God worshipped by Abraham and my father Isaac had not been on my side, you would have sent me away without a thing. But God saw my hard work, and he knew the trouble I was in, so he helped me. Then last night he told you how wrong you were.

Genesis 31:53

My father Nahor, your grandfather Abraham, and their ancestors all worshipped the same God, and he will make sure that we each keep the agreement. Then Jacob made a promise in the name of the fearsome God his father Isaac had worshipped.

Genesis 32:8

He thought, “If Esau attacks one group, perhaps the other can escape.”

Genesis 49:25

Your help came from the God your father worshipped, from God All-Powerful. God will bless you with rain and streams from the earth; he will bless you with many descendants.

2 Chronicles 20:12

Aren't you going to punish them? We won't stand a chance when this army attacks. We don't know what to do—we are begging for your help.

2 Chronicles 20:6

and prayed: You, LORD, are the God our ancestors worshipped, and from heaven you rule every nation in the world. You are so powerful that no one can defeat you.

2 Chronicles 32:20

Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz asked the LORD for help,

Psalm 50:15

Pray to me in time of trouble. I will rescue you, and you will honour me.

Psalm 91:15

When you are in trouble, call out to me. I will answer and be there to protect and honour you.

Exodus 3:6

I am the God who was worshipped by your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Moses was afraid to look at God, and so he hid his face.

Jeremiah 32:16

Then I prayed:

1 Samuel 30:6

David was desperate. His soldiers were so upset over what had happened to their sons and daughters that they were thinking about stoning David to death. But he felt the LORD God giving him strength,