Talált 4578 Eredmények: God
May the God who is Abraham’s God and Nachor’s, the God of their common father✻ see justice done between us. Then Jacob swore by the God his father Isaac held in reverence, (Genesis 31, 53)
Jacob, too, set out to continue his journey, and as he went, God’s angels met him. (Genesis 32, 1)
This is God’s encampment, he said when he saw them, and called the place Mahanaim, which means a Camp. (Genesis 32, 2)
And now Jacob said, O God of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, thou, Lord, who hast bidden me return to my own country, the land of my birth, and hast offered to bless me, (Genesis 32, 9)
Jacob, he said, is no name for thee, thou shalt be called Israel, one that prevails with God.✻ If thou hast held thy own with God, how wilt thou prevail over men! (Genesis 32, 28)
So Jacob called the place Phanuel, the Face of God; I have seen God face to face, he said, and my life was not forfeit. (Genesis 32, 30)
Then, as he looked round him and saw the women with their sons, he asked, What are these? Are they part of thy company? And he was told, They are the children God has granted to thy servant. (Genesis 33, 5)
But Jacob said, No, I entreat thee; do me the favour to accept this present of mine; to gain audience with thee is like gaining audience with God himself. Assure me of thy favour (Genesis 33, 10)
by receiving the offering I have brought thee, God’s gift to me, who has given me all I have. So at last Esau consented, overcome by his brother’s persuasions; (Genesis 33, 11)
And here he built an altar, and dedicated it to the almighty God, the God of Israel. (Genesis 33, 20)
In the meanwhile, too, God had said to Jacob, Bestir thyself, go up to Bethel, and make thy dwelling there; there build an altar to the God who revealed himself to thee when thou wast in flight from thy brother Esau. (Genesis 35, 1)
Whereupon Jacob summoned all his household; Cast away, he told them, whatever images of alien gods you have among you, purify yourselves, and put on fresh garments. (Genesis 35, 2)
