John Gill Commentary Genesis 31:3

"And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee." — Genesis 31:3 (ASV)

And the Lord said to Jacob
In answer to a prayer of his; or seeing what difficulties and discouragements Jacob laboured under, he appeared to him for his encouragement and instruction how to proceed: return to the land of your fathers ;
the land of Canaan, given to Abraham and Isaac by promise:

and to your kindred :
his father and mother, and brother, who all dwelt in the land of Canaan at this time, or as many as were living: or "to your nativity" ^F23 , the place where he was born, and to which he must have a natural desire to return:

and I will be with you ;
to protect him from any injury that might be attempted to be done to him, either by Laban or Esau.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F23: (Ktdlwml) "ad natale solum", Tigurine version; "ad nativitatem tuam", Vatablus, Drusius.