and the Horites in their mountainous country of Seir, as far as El-paran, which is on the border of the wilderness.

Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth?”

Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in years; she was past [the age of] childbearing.

And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

Therefore swear an oath here by God that you won't deal falsely with me, my sons, or my descendants. Just as I've dealt graciously with you, won't you do so with me and with the land in which you live as a foreigner?"

Therefore that place was called Beersheba (Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), because there the two of them swore an oath.

So the servant placed his hand under his master Abraham’s thigh and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

My master made me swear an oath. He said, 'You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,

But Jacob insisted, "Swear it by an oath right now." So he swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

They got up early in the morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.

My father made me swear an oath. He said, "I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan." Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.'"

Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall bring up my bones from here."