Genesis 28:20

vowed. vow. made. solemn vow. Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6. The first recorded vow.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob’s Journey to Haran 3. קהל qâhāl , “congregation.” 9. מחלת māchălat , Machalath, “sickness, or a harp.” 19. לוּז lûz ,...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If (h) 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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh Reveals Himself to Jacob at Bethel. This section is taken from J and E. To E Genesis 28:11 f., Genesis 28:17 f., Genesis 28:20-21 a ,...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. And Jacob vowed a vow. The design of this vow was, that Jacob would manifest his gratitude, if God should prove favorable unto him. Thus...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 46 JACOB’S VOW Genesis 28:20-22 . And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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,...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jacob vowed a vow, &c.— This is the first time we find mention made of a vow, which was allowed then, and in after-ages, to be a part of religi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gav...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(20-22) Then shall the Lord (Jehovah) be my God. — This is a false translation, and gives a wrong sense. Jacob, in his vow, which implies no doubt...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob's Vision at Bethel Genesis 28:10-22 This is the Ladder chapter, in which a wayward, weak man is seen holding fellowship with the Eternal...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here Jacob is seen exiled from his home, flying from Beersheba. In this connection we have the account of the first of the direct divine communicatio...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A vow is a solemn transaction of the soul with God. I believe, that every truly awakened believer, desires to dedicate himself to God, when God makes...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jacob vowed a vow ,.... Which is the first vow we read of in Scripture: saying, if God will be with me ; the word if is not a sign of doubting...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jacob vowed a vow That is, bound himself by a solemn promise and obligation. This being the first instance of a religious vow which occurs in Scrip...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JACOB SENT TO PADAN-ARAM Though scripture tells us that Isaac loved Esau, he had not done as Abraham had in making sure that Isaac's wife was of h...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Vow. B. C. 1760. 16 And Jaco...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jacob vowed a vow, i.e. bound himself by a solemn promise or obligation. Compare Genesis 14:22 Ecclesiastes 5:4 . If God will be with me. He...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob meets God at Bethel ( Genesis 28:10-22 ) Genesis 28:10 ‘And Jacob went out from Beersheba and went towards Haran.' At this stage Isaac...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 28:11 . And he lighted upon a certain place.] “The term means he fell upon the place, as the providential stopping-pla...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 28 I. If there be little poetic or romantic charm in the history of Isaac, what a wealth of it there is in that of Jacob! A double deceit,...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 28:20-22 Jacob and Esau are very like men that we meet every day commonplace, ordinary men, neither of them distinguished in character or...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 28:1 . Isaac called Jacob and blessed him. A heart-rending business to be forced away from his father's house in the 58th year of his age....
The Biblical Illustrator

And Jacob vowed a vow Covenant vows I. Let us, in the beginning, consider what is taught us in God’s Word about vows in general, and that will...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba,— in obedience to his father's commandment to seek a wife ( Genesis 28:2 ), but...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob's Vow
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

vowed. Genesis 31:13 Leviticus 27:1-34 Numbers 6:1-20 Numbers 21:2 Numbers 21:3 Judges 11:30 Judges 11:31 1 Samuel 1:11 1 Samuel 1:2...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And Jacob vowed a vow — By religious vows we give glory to God, and own our dependance upon him, and we lay a bond upon our own souls, to engage an...

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,

Related Commentaries of Genesis 28:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 28:20