unfoldingWord_en_tn/gen/28/20.md

# vowed a vow

"made a vow" or "solemnly promised God"

# If God will ... then Yahweh will be my God

Jacob is speaking to God in the third person. This can be stated in the second person. Alternate translation: "If you will ... then you, Yahweh, will be the God that I will worship" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])

# on this road on which I am walking

This stands for Jacob's journey to find a wife and to return home. Alternate translation: "on this journey" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# will give me bread to eat

Here "bread" stands for food in general. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# vowed a vow`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"made a vow" or "solemnly promised God"`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
5th generation of tNotes formatting 2017-12-07 06:38:15 +00:00			`# If God will ... then Yahweh will be my God`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`Jacob is speaking to God in the third person. This can be stated in the second person. Alternate translation: "If you will ... then you, Yahweh, will be the God that I will worship" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])`
5th generation of tNotes formatting 2017-12-07 06:38:15 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# on this road on which I am walking`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`This stands for Jacob's journey to find a wife and to return home. Alternate translation: "on this journey" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# will give me bread to eat`

			`Here "bread" stands for food in general. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`