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Genesis 31:5

New American Bible - revised edition

There he said to them: “I have noticed that your father’s attitude toward me is not as it was in the past; but the God of my father has been with me.

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At that time Abimelech, accompanied by Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham: “God is with you in everything you do.

The same night the Lord appeared to him and said: I am the God of Abraham, your father. Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of Abraham, my servant.

And there was the Lord standing beside him and saying: I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you are lying I will give to you and your descendants.

I am with you and will protect you wherever you go, and bring you back to this land. I will never leave you until I have done what I promised you.

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a sacred pillar and made a vow to me. Get up now! Leave this land and return to the land of your birth.’”

I have it in my power to harm all of you; but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Take care not to say anything to Jacob!’

So Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to meet him in the field where his flock was.

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, you would now have sent me away empty-handed. But God saw my plight and the fruits of my toil, and last night he reproached you.”

May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us!” Jacob took the oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.

“If Esau should come and attack one camp,” he reasoned, “the remaining camp may still escape.”

Then he blessed them with these words: “May the God in whose presence my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has been my shepherd from my birth to this day,

‘Thus you shall say to Joseph: Please forgive the criminal wrongdoing of your brothers, who treated you harmfully.’ So now please forgive the crime that we, the servants of the God of your father, committed.” When they said this to him, Joseph broke into tears.

Do not fear: I am with you; do not be anxious: I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.

Let your life be free from love of money but be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never forsake you or abandon you.”




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