Genesis 28:15 And, behold, I am with you, and will keep you in all places where you go, and will bring you again into this land… Against his fourfold cross, here is a fourfold comfort. 1. Against the loss of his friends, "I will be with thee." 2. Of his country, "I will give thee this land." 3. Against his poverty, "Thou shalt spread abroad to the east, west," &c. 4. His solitariness; angels shall attend thee, and "thy seed shall be as the dust," &c. And "who can count the dust of Jacob," said Balsam (Numbers 23:10). Now, whatsoever God spake herewith Jacob, He spake with us, as well as with him, saith Hoses (Hoses. 12:4). (J. Trapp.) Parallel Verses KJV: And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. |
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