Genesis 31:3

31:3 The Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers ¹  and to your relatives. I will be with you.” ² 

Genesis 32:9

32:9 Then Jacob prayed, ³  “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O Lord, you said ⁴  to me, ‘Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.’ ⁵ 

[31:3]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “ancestors” (so NRSV), although the only “ancestors” Jacob had there were his grandfather Abraham and his father Isaac.

[31:3]  ² sn I will be with you. Though Laban was no longer “with him,” the Lord promised to be.

[32:9]  ³ tn Heb “said.”

[32:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “the one who said.”

[32:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will cause good” or “I will treat well [or “favorably”].” The idea includes more than prosperity, though that is its essential meaning. Here the form is subordinated to the preceding imperative and indicates purpose or result. Jacob is reminding God of his promise in the hope that God will honor his word.