Genesis 26:31

Covenant With Abimelech

³⁰ So he made a meal for them, and they ate and drank. ³¹ And they arose early in the morning and each one swore to the other, and Isaac sent them away. And they left him in peace. ³² And it happened [that] on that same day the servants of Isaac came and told him about the well that they had dug. And they said, "We have found water!"

Early in the Morning

Early the Next Morning

Sealed It

Took an Oath

Isaac

Genesis 14:22

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth,

Genesis 19:2

And he said, "Behold, my lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you can rise early and go on your way." And they said, "No, but we will spend the night in the square."

Genesis 21:14

Then Abraham rose up early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave [it] to Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder. And he sent her away with the child, and she went, wandering about in the wilderness, in Beersheba.

Genesis 21:23

So now, swear to me here by God [that] you will not deal with me falsely, or with my descendants, or my posterity. According to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall [pledge] to do with me and with the land where you have dwelled as an alien."

Genesis 21:31-32

Therefore that place is called Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.

Genesis 22:3

And Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his donkey. And he took two of his servants with him, and Isaac his son. And he chopped wood for a burnt offering. And he got up and went to the place which God had told him.

Genesis 25:33

Then Jacob said, "Swear to me {first}." And he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.

Genesis 31:44

So now, come, let us {make} a covenant, you and I, and let it be a witness between me and you."

Genesis 31:55

And Laban arose early in the morning and kissed his grandsons and his daughters, and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned to his homeland.

1 Samuel 14:24

Now the men of Israel were hard pressed on that day, because Saul had made the army take an oath, saying, "Cursed be the man who eats [any] food until evening, when I will have avenged myself on my enemies!" So none of the army tasted [any] food.

1 Samuel 20:3

Then David {took an oath} again and said, "Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thought, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he worry.' But {as Yahweh lives} and {as your soul lives}, surely [there is] merely a step between me and death!"

1 Samuel 20:16-17

So Jonathan {made a covenant} with the house of David, [saying,] "May Yahweh {call the enemies of David to account}."

1 Samuel 30:15

So David asked him, "Will you take me down to this band [of raiders]?" He said, "Swear to me by God that you will not kill me and that you will not deliver me into my master's hand! Then I will take you down to this band."

Hebrews 6:16

For people swear by what is greater [than themselves], and the oath for confirmation [is the] end of all dispute for them.