Study it in the app“Jacob made a vow, saying, “If Elohim is with me and keeps me on this way that I am going, and gives me bread to eat and clothing to wear,”
Jacobיַעֲקֹבmadeוַיִּדַּרa vow,נֶדֶרsaying,לֵאמֹר“IfאִםElohimאֱלֹהִיםisיִהְיֶהwith meעִמָּדִיand keeps meוּשְׁמָרַנִיon thisהַזֶּהwayבַּדֶּרֶךְthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam going,הוֹלֵךְand givesוְנָתַןmeלִיbreadלֶחֶםto eatלֶאֱכֹלand clothingוּבֶגֶדto wear,לִלְבֹּשׁ
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appearsvow
Make a vow: promise something to God.
Where else “yidar” appearsvow
Vow: a solemn promise made to God; also the thing promised.
Where else “neder” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appearswith me
With me, beside me.
Where else “imadi” appearskeep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemara” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appearsgarment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “veged” appearsput on
To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.
Where else “lebosh” appears19He called the name of that place Bethel, but Luz was the name of the city at first.
20 · This verse (above)
21and I return in peace to the house of my father, then YHWH will be my Elohim,
1. What it says
What did Jacob dream at Bethel, and what did YHWH say to him (vv. 12-15)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that Elohim tells Jacob, “I am with you and will keep you,” in his flight (v. 15)?
3. How I live it
In what difficult place in your life do you need to remember that Elohim is with you?
