Gen 31:3 | TNotes | STEP | 31:3 The land of your father and grandfather was the land of Canaan, to which Abraham had previously been called (12:1-7 ; 17:8 ). • Return ... I will be with you: See study notes on 26:2-5; 28:12-15. God protected Jacob (“Israel,” 32:28 ) as he brought his family back to the land that was promised to them. God later brought Israel back to Canaan after long years of service in Egypt. That great return had many elements similar to this passage: God defeated foreign gods and beliefs, used dreams for rescue and protection, gave victory over those who threatened them, and established boundaries between nations and tribes (see Deut 32:8 ).

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‏ Genesis 31:3

31:3 ^a The land of your father and grandfather was the land of Canaan, to which Abraham had previously been called (12:1-7 ^b; 17:8 ^c).

• Return ... I will be with you: See study notes on 26:2-5; 28:12-15. God protected Jacob (“Israel,” 32:28 ^d) as he brought his family back to the land that was promised to them. God later brought Israel back to Canaan after long years of service in Egypt. That great return had many elements similar to this passage: God defeated foreign gods and beliefs, used dreams for rescue and protection, gave victory over those who threatened them, and established boundaries between nations and tribes (see Deut 32:8 ^e).