so I swore in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest.

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who had not hearkened to the word?

For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,

For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.

By faith also Sarah herself received strength for the conception of seed, and that beyond a seasonable age; since she counted him faithful who promised.