Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,

New American Standard Bible

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I take, and will give me food to eat and garments to wear,

King James Version

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,

Holman Bible

Then Jacob made a vow: “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, if He provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear,

International Standard Version

Then he made this solemn vow: "If God remains with me, watches over me throughout this journey that I'm taking, gives me food to eat and clothes to wear,

A Conservative Version

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,

American Standard Version

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,

Amplified

Then Jacob made a vow (promise), saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I take, and will give me food to eat and clothing to wear,

Darby Translation

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and keep me on this road that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and a garment to put on,

Julia Smith Translation

And Jacob will vow a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will preserve me in this way which I went, and gave to me bread to eat, and covering to put on,

King James 2000

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 clothing to put on,

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Jacob made a vow saying, "If God will be with me and protect me on this way that I am going, and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,

Modern King James verseion

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 clothing to put on,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me in this journey which I go and will give me bread to eat, and clothes to put on,

NET Bible

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,

New Heart English Bible

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 clothing to put on,

The Emphasized Bible

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, - If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way whereon, I, am going, and give me bread to eat and raiment to put on;

Webster

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,

World English Bible

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 clothing to put on,

Youngs Literal Translation

And Jacob voweth a vow, saying, 'Seeing God is with me, and hath kept me in this way which I am going, and hath given to me bread to eat, and a garment to put on --

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Jacob
יעקב 
Ya`aqob 
Usage: 349

נדר 
Nadar 
Usage: 31

a vow
נדר נדר 
Neder 
Usage: 60

If God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

will be with me, and will keep me
שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

in this way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

that I go
הלך 
Halak 
go, walk, come, ...away, ...along,
Usage: 1545

and will give
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

me bread
לחם 
Lechem 
Usage: 298

to eat
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

and raiment
בּגד 
Beged 
Usage: 217

References

Images Genesis 28:20

Context Readings

Jacob's Dream

19 And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz. 20 Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then I will take the Lord to be my God,


Cross References

Genesis 31:13

I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

2 Samuel 15:8

For while I was living in Geshur in Aram, your servant made an oath, saying, If ever the Lord lets me come back to Jerusalem, I will give him worship in Hebron.

1 Timothy 6:8

But if we have food and a roof over us, let that be enough.

Genesis 28:15

And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.

Leviticus 27:1-34

And the Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 6:1-20

And the Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 21:2-3

Then Israel made an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give up this people into my hands, then I will send complete destruction on all their towns.

Judges 11:30-31

And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands,

1 Samuel 1:11

And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.

1 Samuel 1:28

So I have given him to the Lord; for all his life he is the Lord's. Then he gave the Lord worship there.

1 Samuel 14:24

And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food before evening comes and I have given punishment to those who are against me. So the people had not a taste of food.

Nehemiah 9:1-10

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel came together, taking no food and putting haircloth and dust on their bodies.

Psalm 22:25

My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.

Psalm 56:12

I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.

Psalm 61:5

For you, O God, have made answer to my prayers; you have given me the heritage of those who give honour to your name.

Psalm 61:8

So will I make songs in praise of your name for ever, giving to God that which is right day by day.

Psalm 66:13

I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you,

Psalm 76:11

Give to the Lord your God what is his by right; let all who are round him give offerings to him who is to be feared.

Psalm 116:14

I will make the offering of my oath to the Lord, even before all his people.

Psalm 116:18

I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people;

Psalm 119:106

I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.

Isaiah 19:21

And the Lord will give the knowledge of himself to Egypt, and the Egyptians will give honour to the Lord in that day; they will give him worship with offerings and meal offerings, and will take an oath to the Lord and give effect to it.

John 1:16

From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.

Acts 18:18

And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.

Acts 23:12-15

And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.

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