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Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
Genesis 28:15 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”
  • 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.
  • NKJV Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”
  • NASB Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
  • NLT What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.”

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Quick answer

God promises to be with Jacob, keep him, bring him back, and never leave him until his word is fulfilled.

Overview

To a frightened, exiled man God gives a sweeping promise of presence, protection, and faithful return. This assurance rests not on Jacob's worthiness but on God's unbreakable commitment to his word. The promise "I am with you" echoes through Scripture to God's people and finds its fullest expression in Immanuel, "God with us," and Christ's pledge to be with his own always (Matthew 28:20).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 34

  • Josh 1:5No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
  • Isa 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
  • Jer 1:19They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
  • Deut 31:6Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
  • Gen 26:24and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”
  • Ps 121:5–8The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
  • Heb 13:5–6Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
  • Gen 31:3Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
  • Gen 26:3Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
  • Matt 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  • Isa 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
  • John 10:28–29I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
  • 1 Kgs 8:57May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us nor forsake us.
  • Ps 46:7The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
  • Matt 18:20For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
  • Rom 8:31–32What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
  • Matt 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
  • 1 Tim 4:8For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
  • Gen 28:20–21Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
  • Gen 48:21Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
  • Num 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
  • Josh 23:14–16Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.
  • Isa 8:10Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
  • Ps 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
  • Judg 6:16“Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”
  • Gen 39:21the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
  • Gen 39:2And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
  • Gen 48:16the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
  • Isa 7:14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
  • Jude 1:1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
  • Exod 3:12“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
  • Gen 35:6–7So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 32:9Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’
  • Gen 46:4I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”

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Christ at the center

From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.

How Genesis 28:15 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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