and the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is near the desert.

That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

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 said, "Swear an oath to me now." So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

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.'"

Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He said, "God will surely come to you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place."