Genesis 28:20
Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will protect me on this road on which I am walking, and will give me bread to eat, and clothes to wear,
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In Context
19He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city originally was Luz.
21so that I return safely to my father's house, then Yahweh will be my God.
Cross References
Genesis 31:13I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you made a vow to me. Now rise up and leave this land and return to the land of your birth.'”
Numbers 6:1Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
Judges 11:30Jephthah made a vow to Yahweh and said, “If you give me victory over the people of Ammon,
1 Samuel 1:28I have given him to Yahweh, as long as he lives he is lent to Yahweh.” Then he worshiped Yahweh there. + 1:28 Some modern versions have, Then they worshiped Yahweh there .
2 Samuel 15:8For your servant made a vow while I was living at Geshur in Aram, saying,' If Yahweh will indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will worship Yahweh.'”
Nehemiah 9:1Now on the twenty-fourth day of the same month the people of Israel were assembled and they were fasting, and they were wearing sackcloth, and they put dust on their heads.
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 →