Genesis 28:20
Hebrew Text— Genesis 28:20Jacob 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,
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Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”
No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.
Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.”
Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”
They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you”, says Yahweh, “to rescue you.”
Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”
May Yahweh our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. Let him not leave us or forsake us;
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”
For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,
Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’
Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph’s hand will close your eyes.”
Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
He said, “Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
Yahweh said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.”
for, behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son. No razor shall come on his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb. He shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”
Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand, for God is with us.”
Give us today our daily bread.
teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Therefore do what we tell you. We have four men who have taken a vow.
through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.
When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.
Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, “Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”
the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
“ ‘All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall come on his head, until the days are fulfilled in which he separates himself to Yahweh. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
The Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.
Joshua commanded them with an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed is the man before Yahweh who rises up and builds this city Jericho. With the loss of his firstborn he will lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he will set up its gates.”
If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
But Hannah didn’t go up, for she said to her husband, “Not until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before Yahweh, and stay there forever.”
Saul said, “Tell David, ‘The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies.’ ” Now Saul thought he would make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.’ ”
joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.
I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring presents to you.
Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
Take them and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the law.
I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,
God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and as he grew up, became an archer.
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’ ”
then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall tell the woman, “May Yahweh make you a curse and an oath among your people, when Yahweh allows your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;
Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”
When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,
Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. Vows shall be performed to you.
I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.
which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.
Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.
No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.
Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”
He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh to accomplish a vow, or for a free will offering of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted. It shall have no defect.
Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose.
When you vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.
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 Yahweh had visited his people in giving them bread.
She vowed a vow, and said, “Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look at the affliction of your servant and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head.”
Therefore I have also given him to Yahweh. As long as he lives he is given to Yahweh.” He worshiped Yahweh there.
The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food until it is evening, and I am avenged of my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food.
My praise of you comes in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.
Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
For you, God, have heard my vows. You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
So I will sing praise to your name forever, that I may fulfill my vows daily.
I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you,
Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people.
I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,
I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
how he swore to Yahweh, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me,
When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
Yahweh will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know Yahweh in that day. Yes, they will worship with sacrifice and offering, and will vow a vow to Yahweh, and will perform it.
Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and made vows.
From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.
Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.
Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.