# 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. AT: "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. AT: "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]])

# to my father's house

Here "house" stands for Jacob's family. AT: "to my father and the rest of my family" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# a sacred stone

This means that the stone will mark the place where God appeared to him and it will be a place where people can worship God. AT: "God's house" or "God's place"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/vow]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bread]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/pillar]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holy]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tenth]]