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Genesis 28:20

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← Genesis 28:19	Genesis 28:20 (KJV)	Genesis 28:21 →
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.	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,	So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Jacob^H3290 vowed^H5087 a vow^H5088, saying^H559, If God^H430 will be with me, and will keep me^H8104 in this way^H1870 that I go^H1980, and will give^H5414 me bread^H3899 to eat^H398, and raiment^H899 to put on^H3847,

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּדַּר יַעֲקֹב נֶדֶר לֵאמֹר אִם־יִהְיֶה אֱלֹהִים עִמָּדִי וּשְׁמָרַנִי בַּדֶּרֶךְ הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי הֹולֵךְ וְנָתַן־לִי לֶחֶם לֶאֱכֹל וּבֶגֶד לִלְבֹּשׁ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּדַּ֥ר	va/i.yi.Dar	H5087	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he vowed
יַעֲקֹ֖ב	ya.'a.Ko	H3290	HNp	Jacob
נֶ֣דֶר	Ne.der	H5088	HNcmsa	a vow
לֵ/אמֹ֑ר	le./Mor	H559	HR/Vqc	(to)/ saying
אִם	'im-	H518	HC	if
יִהְיֶ֨ה	yih.Yeh	H1961	HVqi3ms	he will be
אֱלֹהִ֜ים	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
עִמָּדִ֗/י	'i.ma.D/i	H5978	HR/Sp1cs	with/ me
וּ/שְׁמָרַ֨/נִי֙	u./she.ma.Ra./ni	H8104	HC/Vqq3ms/Sp1cs	and/ he will protect/ me
בַּ/דֶּ֤רֶךְ	ba./De.rekh	H1870	HRd/Ncbsa	on the/ journey
הַ/זֶּה֙	ha./Zeh	H2088	HTd/Pdxms	(the)/ this
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
אָנֹכִ֣י	'a.no.Khi	H595	HPp1cs	I
הוֹלֵ֔ךְ	ho.Lekh	H1980	HVqrmsa	(am) going
וְ/נָֽתַן	ve./na.tan-	H5414	HC/Vqq3ms	and/ he will give
לִ֥/י	l/i		HR/Sp1cs	to (the)/ me
לֶ֛חֶם	Le.chem	H3899	HNcbsa	food
לֶ/אֱכֹ֖ל	le./'e.Khol	H398	HR/Vqc	to/ eat
וּ/בֶ֥גֶד	u./Ve.ged	H899	HC/Ncmsa	and/ clothing
לִ/לְבֹּֽשׁ	li/l.Bosh	H3847	HR/Vqc	to/ wear

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H899 — בֶּגֶד (beged, behg'-ed): from בָּגַד; a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage; apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, [idiom] very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
• H1870 — דֶּרֶךְ (derek, deh'-rek): from דָּרַךְ; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb; along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
• H1980 — הָלַךְ (hâlak, haw-lak'): akin to יָלַךְ; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively); (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.
• H3290 — יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'): from עָקַב; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch; Jacob.
• H3847 — לָבַשׁ (lâbash, law-bash'): or לָבֵשׁ; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively; (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.
• H3899 — לֶחֶם (lechem, lekh'-em): from לָחַם; See also בֵּית לְעַפְרָה; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
• H5087 — נָדַר (nâdar, naw-dar'): a primitive root; to promise (pos., to do or give something to God); (make a) vow.
• H5088 — נֶדֶר (neder, neh'-der): or נֵדֶר; from נָדַר; a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised; vow(-ed).
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H8104 — שָׁמַר (shâmar, shaw-mar'): a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.; beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
• H595 — אָנֹכִי (ʼânôkîy, aw-no-kee'): sometimes, aw-no'-kee; a primitive pronoun; I; I, me, [idiom] which.
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.
• H5978 — עִמָּד (ʻimmâd, im-mawd'): prolonged for עִם; along with; against, by, from, [phrase] me, [phrase] mine, of, [phrase] that I take, unto, upon, with(-in.)

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• If God — Genesis 28:15
• vowed — Genesis 31:13, Leviticus 27:1-34, Numbers 6:1-20, Numbers 21:2-3, Judges 11:30-31, 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 1:28, 1 Samuel 14:24, 2 Samuel 15:8, Nehemiah 9:1, Nehemiah 10:39, Psalms 22:25, Psalms 56:12, Psalms 61:5, Psalms 61:8, Psalms 66:13, Psalms 76:11, Psalms 116:14, Psalms 116:18, Psalms 119:106, Psalms 132:2, Ecclesiastes 5:1-7, Isaiah 19:21, John 1:16, Acts 18:18, Acts 23:12-15
• will give — 1 Timothy 6:8

Reciprocal references (13): Genesis 31:3, Genesis 35:3, Genesis 48:15, Leviticus 22:21, Leviticus 27:2, Numbers 30:2, Deuteronomy 12:26, Deuteronomy 23:21, Psalms 66:14, Proverbs 30:8, Ecclesiastes 5:2, Ecclesiastes 5:4, Jonah 1:16

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: COVENANTS AND VOWS, JACOB, PRAYER
• Torrey’s: GARMENTS, PRAYER, VOWS
• Nave’s: BETH-EL, BLESSING, CONSECRATION, COVENANT, DECISION, GOD, JACOB, RELIGION, STONES, VOWS

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