So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
21. to my father’s house in peace ] It does not appear that this was literally fulfilled. Jacob, on his return, did not dwell at his father’s house. But, perhaps, “father’s house” means “the land of his fathers.” “In peace,” a common Heb. phrase, noticeable here for the rendering of LXX , “with safety.”
then shall the Lord be my God ] The rendering of the margin, and the Lord will be my God, then this stone, &c., is that of the ancient versions, LXX, Lat. and Syr.: that of the text is on the whole preferable. The crowning thought is that in days to come, Jehovah, who has been the God of Abraham and Isaac, shall also be the God of Jacob. This forms the substance of Jacob’s vow; to which is added, that Bethel, as well as Beer-sheba and Hebron, shall be a place of Jehovah’s worship. Jacob’s vow, with the conditions attached to it, reflects his calculating character. But it acknowledges that Jehovah is the God who has revealed Himself to his fathers, and is distinct from mere nature-gods.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
I will publicly own him for my God and the Saviour of men, and will establish his solemn worship, as it follows.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
So that I come again to my father’s house in peace,…. In safety from Esau, and all other enemies, as God promised him he should:
then the Lord shall be my God; not as if he should not be his God if he did not do all this for him; which would savour not only of a mercenary spirit, but of great impiety; neither of which were to be found in Jacob: but the meaning is, that he should not only continue to own him as his God, and to worship him, but having fresh obligations upon him, should be stirred up more eagerly and devoutly to serve him in a very singular way and manner, and particularly by doing what is expressed in
Ge 28:22. Some think he has respect to the Messiah, owning him to be the true God with the Father and the blessed Spirit, who had appeared to Abraham, and was the fear of Isaac, and whom Jacob now owned as his God: this receives some confirmation from the Targum of Jonathan, which begins the paragraph thus,
“if the Word of the Lord will be my help, &c. then the Lord shall be my God.”
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
21. Then shall the Lord be my God. In these words Jacob binds himself never to apostatize from the pure worship of the One God; for there is no doubt that he here comprises the sum of piety. But he may seem to promise what far exceeds his strength; for newness of life, spiritual righteousness, integrity of heart, and a holy regulation of the whole life, were not in his own power. I answer, when holy men vow those things which God requires of them, and which are due from them as acts of piety; they, at the same time, embrace what God promises concerning the remission of sins by the help of his Holy Spirit. Hence it follows that they ascribe nothing to their own strength; and also, that whatever falls short of entire perfection does not vitiate their worship, because God, mercifully and with paternal indulgence, pardons them.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
1Ti 6:8
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
I come: Jdg 11:31, 2Sa 19:24, 2Sa 19:30
then: Exo 15:2, Deu 26:17, 2Sa 15:8, 2Ki 5:17
Reciprocal: Gen 28:15 – I am Gen 31:18 – for to go Gen 49:25 – the God Luk 20:37 – when