Genesis 28:20
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying,—If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way whereon, I, am going, and give me bread to eat and raiment to put on;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
19and called the name of that place—Beth-el,—nevertheless, Luz, was the name of the city, aforetime.
21and I come back in prosperity unto the house of my father, Then will Yahweh prove to be my God,—
Cross References
Genesis 31:13I, am the GOD of Beth-el, where thou didst anoint a pillar, where thou didst vow to me a vow,—Now, rise, go forth out of this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
Numbers 6:1And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:
Judges 11:30And Jephthah vowed a vow unto Yahweh, and said,—If thou wilt, deliver, the sons of Ammon into my hand,
1 Samuel 1:28Hence, I also, have loaned him unto Yahweh, all the days that he liveth. He, is lent unto Yahweh. And he bowed down there, unto Yahweh.
2 Samuel 15:8for thy servant vowed, a vow, while I abode in Geshur in Syria, saying,—If Yahweh, will but bring me back, unto Jerusalem, then will I serve Yahweh,
Nehemiah 9:1Now, on the twenty-fourth day of this month, were the sons of Israel gathered together, with fasting and with sackcloth, having 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 →