Genesis 28:20
Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,
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19He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
21so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and the Lord will be my God,
Cross References
Genesis 31:13I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.'"
Numbers 6:1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Judges 11:30Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, and said, "If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,
1 Samuel 1:28Therefore also I have granted him to the Lord. As long as he lives he is granted to the Lord." He worshiped the Lord there.
2 Samuel 15:8For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, 'If the Lord shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.'"
Nehemiah 9:1Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth on 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 →