Genesis 21:23

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Summary

Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

Swear

That thou wilt not deal falsely with me

Genesis 20:14

Bible References

Swear

But Abram answered the king of Sodom, "I have made an oath to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

as a promise to the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you won't acquire a wife for my son from the Canaanite women among whom I'm living.

"We've seen that the LORD is with you," they responded, "so we're proposing an agreement between us between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you

Come, let's make a covenant just between you and me. And let it serve as a witness between you and me."

Fear the LORD your God, serve him, and make your oaths in his name.

Now therefore, since I've treated you so kindly, please swear in the name of the LORD that you'll also be kind to my father's household by giving me this sure sign:

But if my father intends to harm you, may the LORD strike me dead if I don't let you know and send you away so you may go safely. May the LORD be with you as he has been with my father.

Now swear to me by the LORD that you will never eliminate my descendants after me, and that you won't erase my name from my father's family."

David asked him, "Will you take me to this raiding party?" He said, "Swear to me by God that you won't kill me or turn me over to my master, and I'll take you to the raiding party."

If you swear, "as surely as the LORD lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations will be blessed by him, and in him they will boast."

I call upon God as a witness on my behalf that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

For people swear by someone greater than themselves, and an oath given as confirmation puts an end to all argument.

That thou wilt not deal falsely with me

So Abimelech took some sheep and oxen, and some male and female servants, gave them to Abraham, returned his wife Sarah to him,