Genesis 31:3 - Exposition

And the Lord —Jehovah; since the entire journey to Padan-aram had been conducted under his special care, vide Genesis 28:15 (Hengstenberg), and not because the first three verses of this chapter have been inserted or modified by the Jehovist (Tuch, Block, et al.)— said unto Jacob, probably in a dream (cf. Genesis 28:5 , Genesis 28:10 , Genesis 28:11 ). Return unto the land of thy fathers ( i . e . Canaan), and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. So Jehovah had promised at Bethel twenty years before ( Genesis 28:15 ).