Genesis 28:20 KJV
And 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 raiment to put on,
Old Words
- raiment clothing
What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.
Matthew Henry
- Jacob's vowJacob made a solemn vow on this occasion. In this observe, 1. Jacob's faith. He trusts that God will be with him, and will keep him; he depends upon it. 2....
Thompson Chains
- Divine PresenceSee the chain from Genesis 28:15 · 23 links
- Prayer for FoodStarts here · next Proverbs 30:8 · 3 links
- Food (1)See the chain from Genesis 1:29 · 7 links
- Vows MadeStarts here · next Numbers 21:2 · 7 links
Cross References
- 2 Samuel 15:8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
- Genesis 31:13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
- 1 Timothy 6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
- Genesis 28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
- Leviticus 27:1–34 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, …
- Numbers 6:1–20 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, …
- Numbers 21:2–3 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. …
- Judges 11:30–31 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, …
- 1 Samuel 1:11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
- 1 Samuel 1:28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
- 1 Samuel 14:24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.
- Nehemiah 9:1–10 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. …
- Psalms 22:25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
- Psalms 56:12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
- Psalms 61:5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
- Psalms 61:8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
- Psalms 66:13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
- Psalms 76:11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
- Psalms 116:14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
- Psalms 116:18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
- Psalms 119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
- Psalms 132:2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
- Ecclesiastes 5:1–7 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. …
- Isaiah 19:21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.
- John 1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
- Acts 18:18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
- Acts 23:12–15 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. …
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Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1836–1689 BC · Jacob
Bible Dictionary
Strong’s Numbers
- And Jacob יַעֲקֹב Yaʻăqôb
- vowed נָדַר nâdar
- a vow נֶדֶר neder
- saying אָמַר ʼâmar
- If God אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
- will be with me, and will keep me שָׁמַר shâmar
- in this way דֶּרֶךְ derek
- that I go הָלַךְ hâlak
- and will give נָתַן nâthan
- me bread לֶחֶם lechem
- to eat אָכַל ʼâkal
- and raiment בֶּגֶד beged
- to put on לָבַשׁ lâbash
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