Vows of Jacob

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Genesis 28:20-22
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,
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Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar, and where you vowed a vow to me: now arise, get you out from this land, and return to the land of your kindred.
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Praises and Vows Accepted in Zion
... Have we not made vows, like Jacob when he woke up from his wondrous dream, and took
the stone which had been his pillow, and poured oil on its top, and made a ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/praises and vows accepted in.htm

Concerning Mar Jacob and his Companions
... Concerning Mar Jacob and his Companions. ... Who is this daughter born of vows, enviable
above all women,"whose successions thus proceed, and her ranks are thus ...
/.../hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn xiii concerning mar jacob.htm

Scriptural Uses of the General Words for Prayer
... We said that the term prayer (aw-thar') is, as in Jacob's case, in many places ... Whoever
vows (naw-dar') a vow (neh'-der), setting a price upon his soul to the ...
/.../origen/origen on prayer/chapter ii scriptural uses of.htm

Whether a Vow Should Always be About a Better Good?
... of baptismal vows, in so far as these things are done voluntarily, although they
are necessary for salvation. The same answer applies to Jacob's vow: although ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether a vow should always.htm

Of Vows. The Miserable Entanglements Caused by Vowing Rashly.
... To the past belong vows by which we either testify our gratitude toward God for ... Of
the former class, we have an example in the tithes which Jacob vowed (Gen.28 ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 13 of vows the.htm

The Promises of the Christian Home.
... Hang all your hopes upon them. Cling to them with the wrestling spirit of Jacob.
And remember that you cannot shake off your vows and promises made to God. ...
/.../philips/the christian home/chapter xxv the promises of.htm

A Forgotten Vow
... Thirty years at least had passed since Jacob's vow; ten or twenty since his return. ...
(a) We are apt to forget vows when God has fulfilled His side of them. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/a forgotten vow.htm

Chapter xxviii
... future. For the other tangible blessings which the next years are to bring
Jacob vows to give tangible tokens of gratitude. For ...
/.../leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxviii.htm

The National Oath at Shechem
... Vows sworn there had sanctity added by the place ... waved green above Abram's altar,
had looked down on another significant incident in the life of Jacob, when, in ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the national oath at shechem.htm

A Man Reaps More than He Sows.
... many have gone to ruin because of the sins of such men as Jacob and David ... O'er sins
indulged while conscience slept, O'er vows and promises unkept, And reap ...
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Subtopics

Vows

Vows of a Field

Vows of Absalom

Vows of Ananias and Sapphira, in the Dedication of the Proceeds of the Sale of Their Land

Vows of Certain Jews With Paul

Vows of Children Void Without the Consent of Parents

Vows of David

Vows of Elkanah

Vows of Hannah

Vows of Hannah, to Consecrate to the Lord the Child for Which She Prayed

Vows of Israelites