And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
Ver. 3. Return unto the land of thy fathers.] Laban's frowns were a grief to Jacob; the Lord calls upon him therefore to look homeward. Let the world's affronts, and the change of men's countenances, drive us to him who changeth not, and mind us of heaven, where is a perpetual serenity and sweetness.