Genesis 28:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰And 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,

Genesis 28:20 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:8
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
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.
Psalms 66:13
I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
John 1:16
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Beth-El Blessing Consecration Contracts Covenant Dedication

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 16-22)

God manifested himself and his favour to Jacob when he was asleep and purely passive; for the spirit, like the wind, blows when and where he listeth, and God’s grace, like the dew, tarrieth not for the sons of men, Mic. 5:7. But Jacob applied himself to the improvement of the visit God had made him when he was awake; and we may well think he awaked, as the prophet did (Jer. 31:26), and behold his…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

20. Jacob vowed a vow--His words are not to be considered as implying a doubt, far less as stating the condition or terms on which he would dedicate himself to God. Let “if” be changed into “since,” and the language will appear a proper expression of Jacob’s faith--an evidence of his having truly embraced the promise. How edifying often to meditate on Jacob at Beth-el.