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# vowed a vow
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"made a vow" or "solemnly promised God"
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# If God will ... then Yahweh will be my God
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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]])
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# on this road on which I am walking
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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]])
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# will give me bread to eat
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Here "bread" stands for food in general. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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