Genesis 28:20
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,
KJV
Vovit etiam votum, dicens : Si fuerit Deus mecum, et custodierit me in via, per quam ego ambulo, et dederit mihi panem ad vescendum, et vestimentum ad induendum,
Vulgate
καὶ ηὔξατο Ἰακὼβ εὐχὴν λέγων Ἐὰν ᾖ Κύριος ὁ θεὸς μετ’ ἐμοῦ, καὶ διαφυλάξῃ με ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ταύτῃ ᾗ ἐγὼ πορεύομαι, καὶ δῷ μοι ἄρτον φαγεῖν καὶ ἱμάτιον περιβαλέσθαι,
LXX
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,
ASV
וַ/יִּדַּ֥ר יַעֲקֹ֖ב נֶ֣דֶר לֵ/אמֹ֑ר אִם יִהְיֶ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים עִמָּדִ֗/י וּ/שְׁמָרַ֨/נִי֙ בַּ/דֶּ֤רֶךְ הַ/זֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָנֹכִ֣י הוֹלֵ֔ךְ וְ/נָֽתַן לִ֥/י לֶ֛חֶם לֶ/אֱכֹ֖ל וּ/בֶ֥גֶד לִ/לְבֹּֽשׁ
Hebrew
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7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2573God renews his promise to Jacob, the ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel.17 Before confronting his elder brother Esau, Jacob wrestles all night with a mysterious figure who refuses to reveal his name, but he blesses him before leaving him at dawn. From this account, the spiritual tradition of the Church has retained the symbol of prayer as a battle of faith and as the trium…
2. Having thus, you see, spoken generally, that He might persuade the hearer to be an uncorrupt judge of His words, and to sentence according to the very nature of the things; when he has made sure of his assent, then, and not till then, He discovers Himself. Thus He presently adds, You cannot serve God and mammon. Let us shudder to think what we have brought Christ to say; wit…
1. In what has gone before he had shown that the sacrifices were unavailing for perfect purification, and were a type, and greatly defective. Since then there was this objection to his argument, If they are types, how is it that, after the truth has come, they have not ceased, nor given place, but are still performed? He here accordingly labors at this very point, showing that …
Cross-references
- 1Sam 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 ch
- 1Tim 6:8 — And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
- 1Tim 6:8 — And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
- 2Sam 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.
- 2Sam 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.
- Acts 23:12 — 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.
- Deut 23:21 — When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
- Eccl 5:2 — Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
- Gen 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 the
- Gen 31:3 — And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
- Gen 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.
- Jonah 1:16 — Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
- Judg 11:30 — And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
- Num 21:2 — 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.
- Phil 4:11 — Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
- Prov 30:8 — Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
- Ps 56:12 — Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
- Ps 61:8 — So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
- Ps 66:13 — I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
- Ps 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.
- Ps 116:14 — I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
- Ps 116:18 — I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
- Ps 119:106 — I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
- Ps 132:2 — How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
- Ruth 1:6 — Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.