20 Then Jacob made a vow:(A) “If God will be with me and watch over me during this journey I’m making, if he provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear, 21 and if I return safely to my father’s family,(B) then the Lord will be my God.(C)

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20 Then Jacob made a vow,(A) saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me(B) on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear(C) 21 so that I return safely(D) to my father’s household,(E) then the Lord[a] will be my God(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:21 Or Since God … father’s household, the Lord

11 Making a vow,(A) she pleaded, “Lord of Armies, if you will take notice of your servant’s affliction,(B) remember and not forget me, and give your servant a son, I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.”[a](C)

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  1. 1:11 Lit and no razor will go up on his head

11 And she made a vow,(A) saying, “Lord Almighty(B), if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember(C) me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life,(D) and no razor(E) will ever be used on his head.”

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