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,”
— Genesis 28:20
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city {was called} Luz at the first. {Bethel: that is, The house of God}
So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
Genesis 28 — Context
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.
19And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city {was called} Luz at the first. {Bethel: that is, The house of God}
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,
21So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
22And this stone, which I have set {for} a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Cross References
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.
John 1:16
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
Psalms 66:13
I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Psalms 116:18
I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
Psalms 56:12
Thy vows {are} upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
Psalms 132:2
How he sware unto the LORD, {and} vowed unto the mighty {God} of Jacob;