What Does Genesis 28:20 Mean?

“vowed”

to promise (pos., to do or give something to god)

“And Jacob”

jaakob, the israelitish patriarch

“a vow”

a promise (to god); also (concretely) a thing promised

“saying”

to say (used with great latitude)

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“If God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

along with

“will be with me and will keep me”

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc

“in this way”

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

i

“that I go”

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“and will give”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“me bread”

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

“to eat”

to eat (literally or figuratively)

“and raiment”

a covering, i.e., clothing

“to put on”

properly, wrap around, i.e., (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively