^28:20Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food³⁹ to eat and clothing to wear, ^28:21and I return safely to my father’s home,⁴⁰ then the Lord will become my God.

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Footnotes

39 Heb “bread,” although the term can be used for food in general.
40 Heb “and I return in peace to the house of my father.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then Jacob made 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 wear, so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear so that I return safely to my father’s household, then the Lord will be my God

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then Jacob made a vow: “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, and if I return safely to my father’s family, then the Lord will be my God.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Jacob made this vow: “If God will indeed be with me and protect me on this journey, and if he will provide me with food and clothing, and if I return safely to my father’s home, then the Lord will certainly be my God.

LEBThe Lexham English 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, and if I return in peace to the house of my father, then Yahweh will become my God.

KJV 1900King 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, So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:

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