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Genesis 28:20 — King James Version← Study notes

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 28:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 28:2020 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּדַּ֥רwayidar
and he vowedconjH5087
יַעֲקֹ֖בyaʿăqōb
JacobnounH3290
נֶ֣דֶרneder
a vownounH5088
לֵ/אמֹ֑רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יִהְיֶ֨הyihəyeh
he will beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
אֱלֹהִ֜יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
עִמָּדִ֗/יʿimādiy
with mepronH5978
by · from · me · mine ···
וּ/שְׁמָרַ֨/נִי֙wšəmāraniy
and he will protect meconjH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
בַּ/דֶּ֤רֶךְbaderekə
on the journeypronH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
הַ/זֶּה֙hazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אָנֹכִ֣יʾānōkiy
IprepH595
me · which
הוֹלֵ֔ךְhwōlēkə
am goingverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
וְ/נָֽתַןwənātan
and he will giveconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לִ֥/יliy
pron
לֶ֛חֶםleḥem
foodnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
לֶ/אֱכֹ֖לleʾĕkōl
to eatpronH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וּ/בֶ֥גֶדwbeged
and clothingconjH899
cloth(-es · ing) · garment · lap ···
לִ/לְבֹּֽשׁliləbōš
to wearpronH3847
arm · array · clothe · come upon ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Aisha MbekiNote1mo ago
If God Will Be With Me
After the dream, Jacob makes a vow - if God will be with him and provide for him, then the Lord will be his God. It's not quite unconditional. It's conditional on provision. I used to judge Jacob for...
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