Genesis 28:20
And he made a vow, saying: If God shall be with me, and shall keep me in the way by which I walk, and shall give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
19And he called the name of the city Bethel, which before was called Luza.
21And I shall return prosperously to my father's house: the Lord shall be my God:
Cross References
Genesis 31:13I am the God of Bethel, where thou didst anoint the stone, and make a vow to me. Now therefore arise, and go out of this land, and return into thy native country.
Numbers 6:1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Judges 11:30He made a vow to the Lord, saying: If thou wilt deliver the children of Ammon into my hands,
1 Samuel 1:28Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord all the days of his life, he shall be lent to the Lord. And they adored the Lord there. And Anna prayed, and said:
2 Samuel 15:8For thy servant made avow, when he was in Gessur of Syria, saying: If the Lord shall bring me again into Jerusalem I will offer sacrifice to the Lord.
Nehemiah 9:1And in the four and twentieth day of the month the children of Israel came together with fasting and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 28:17-22
Jacob's Vow. ( b. c. 1760.) 16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the… Read the whole commentary →