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Raw Blame History

Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the one Isaac fears, had been with me

"If the God of Abraham and Isaac, my father, had not been with me"

the one Isaac fears

Here the word "fears" refers to the "fear of Yahweh," which means to deeply respect him and show that respect by obeying him.

empty-handed

"with absolutely nothing"

God has seen my affliction and my toil

"God has seen how hard I worked and how you afflicted me"