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NASB					Gen 31:53 "^AThe God⁴³⁰ of Abraham⁸⁵ and the God⁴³⁰ of Nahor⁵¹⁵², the God⁴³⁰ of their father¹, ^Bjudge⁸¹⁹⁹ between⁹⁹⁶ us." So Jacob³²⁹⁰ swore⁷⁶⁵⁰ by ^Cthe fear⁶³⁴³ of his father¹ Isaac³³²⁷.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Gen 31:53 "The God of Abraham [your father] and the God of Nahor [my father], and the ¹god [the image of worship] of their father [Terah, an idolater], judge between us." But Jacob swore [only] by [the one true God] the Fear of his father Isaac. [Josh 24:2]

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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Here "god" is put in lowercase because Joshua later declared that Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, was an idolater, serving "other gods" (Josh 24:2). The wording of the Hebrew here indicates that Laban equated the God of Abraham and Nahor with the god of Terah. Whether Laban actually made no distinction in his mind between the true God and false gods, or simply committed an oversight, is not clear. Jacob evidently recognized the ambiguity in Laban's statement as well, so to avoid any possibility of swearing allegiance to a false god, he swore his own oath by the God of Isaac.

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Gen 28:13 And behold, the LORD stood above it and said, "I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your descendants.

Gen 16:5 And Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done me be upon you. I gave my maid into your arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her sight. May the LORD judge between you and me."

Gen 31:42 "If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had not been for me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, so He rendered judgment last night."

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Greek Heb.

ab (3a); from an unused word; father:--ancestors(1), family*(1), father(571), Father(8), father's(137), fathers(333), fathers'(120), fathers' households(1), forefather(1), forefathers(27), grandfather(1), grandfathers(1), households(5), Huram-abi*(2), sons(1).

Abraham (4d); from 1 and an unused word, see 87; "exalted father," the father of the Jewish nation:--Abraham(162), Abraham's(12).

430

elohim (43b); pl. of 433; God, god:--divine(1), divine being(1), exceedingly(1), God(2326), god(45), God's(14), goddess(2), godly(1), gods(204), great(2), judges(3), mighty(2), rulers(1), shrine*(1).

996

bayin (107b); from 995; an interval, space between:--above*(1), among(30), among*(1), between(204), champion*(2), either(2), forehead*(5), midst(3), once(1), or(1), whether(1), within(1).

3290

Yaaqob (784d); from the same as 6119; a son of Isaac, also his desc.:--Jacob(331), Jacob's(18).

3327

Yitschaq (850c); from 6711; "he laughs," son of Abraham and Sarah:--Isaac(109), Isaac's(3).

5152

Nachor (637d); from the same as 5170a; grandfather of Abraham, also the brother of Abraham:--Nahor(16), Nahor's(2).

6343

pachad (808b); from 6342; dread:--awe(1), disaster(1), dread(20), fear(9), great(1), great fear(1), great fear where fear(1), object of dread(1), panic(1), terror(10), terrors(1), unconcerned*(1), what(1).

7650

shaba (989a); denom. vb. from 7651; to swear:--adjure(6), curse(1), exchanged oaths(1), made a covenant(1), made an oath(1), promised on oath(1), promised them by oath(1), put the under oath(1), put them under oath(1), solemn(1), solemnly swear(1), strictly put(1), swear(40), swearer(1), swearing(1), swears(6), swore(62), sworn(41), take an oath(2), take the oath(1), take oath(1), takes(1), took an oath(3), took the oath(1), under oath(3), used(1), vow(1), vowed(6).

8199

shaphat (1047a); a prim. root; to judge, govern:--acting like a judge(1), already he is acting(1), argue our case(1), decide(1), defend(3), deliver(1), Dispense(1), enter into judgment(6), entered into judgment(1), entering into judgment(1), execute judgment(1), executing judgment(1), freed(2), handed down(1), has a controversy(1), Judge(5), judge(93), judged(22), judges(36), judges decide(1), judges governed(1), judges...judged(1), judging(5), plead(1), pleads(1), pronounce judgment(1), rule(2), rulers(1), rulers...ruled(1), vindicate(6).

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