Genesis 31:5

5 and he said to them, "Look, I see the face of your father, that {it is not like it has been toward me in the past}. But the God of my father is with me.

Genesis 31:5 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 31:5

And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it
[is] not towards me as before (See Gill on Genesis 31:2); no notice is taken of what their brethren, the sons of Laban, had said: but the God of my father hath been with me;
not only by affording him his gracious presence with him, which supported him under all his troubles; but by his good providence prospering and succeeding him in his outward affairs, as well as he had lately appeared to him, and encouraged him to return to his own country.

Genesis 31:5 In-Context

3 And Yahweh said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your ancestors and to your family, and I will be with you."

4 So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field, to his flocks,

5 and he said to them, "Look, I see the face of your father, that {it is not like it has been toward me in the past}. But the God of my father is with me.

6 Now you yourselves know that I have served your father with all my strength,

7 and your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, but God has not allowed him to harm me.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "it is not to me like yesterday or the day before"