Quotes about Protection
This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.
— Genesis 31:52
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
— Genesis 32:11
But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
— Genesis 33:13
Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.
— Genesis 34:5
As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
— Genesis 35:5
the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
— Genesis 39:21
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”
— Genesis 42:4
“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
— Genesis 42:12
Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.
— Genesis 42:20
And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
— Genesis 43:8
I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
— Genesis 43:9
So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
— Genesis 44:22