¹¹ And she ^(A)vowed a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed ^(B)look on the affliction of your servant and ^(C)remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, ^(D)and no razor shall touch his head.”

³⁵ And as soon as he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to the Lord, ^(A)and I cannot take back my vow.” ³⁶ And she said to him, “My father, you have opened your mouth to the Lord; do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth, now that the Lord has avenged you on your enemies, on the Ammonites.”

¹² But if her husband makes them null and void on the day that he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning her pledge of herself shall not stand. Her husband has made them void, and ^(A)the Lord will forgive her.

⁸ But if, on the day that her husband comes to hear of it, he opposes her, then he makes void her ^(A)vow that was on her, and the thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she bound herself. ^(B)And the Lord will forgive her.

^2 (A)If a man vows a vow to the Lord, or ^(B)swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. ^(C)He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

³ Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God ^(A)who answers me in the day of my distress and ^(B)has been with me wherever I have gone.”

²⁰ Then Jacob ^(A)made 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 clothing to wear, ^21 (B)so that I come again to my father's house in peace, ^(C)then the Lord shall be my God, ²² and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, ^(D)shall be God's house. And ^(E)of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you.”