10 occurrences

'Swear' in the Bible

and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.'

Verse ConceptsKindnessNegotiationPolitical Alliances, By OathsSojourningFalse WaysPeople Bound By OathsSwearing

and I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou dost not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling;

Verse ConceptsdaughtersGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansWives, Duties OfIntermarriageSwearing

'And my lord causeth me to swear, saying, Thou dost not take a wife to my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in whose land I am dwelling.

Verse ConceptsIntermarriage

and Jacob saith, 'Swear to me to-day:' and he sweareth to him, and selleth his birthright to Jacob;

Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanYielding To Temptation

and rise early in the morning, and swear one to another, and Isaac sendeth them away, and they go from him in peace.

Verse ConceptsSealing A CovenantRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyGoing In Peace

and he saith, 'Swear to me;' and he sweareth to him, and Israel boweth himself on the head of the bed.

Verse ConceptsPromises, HumanStaffBeds

My father caused me to swear, saying, Lo, I am dying; in my burying-place which I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan, there dost thou bury me; and now, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and return;'

Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenThe Cave Of Machpelah

and Pharaoh saith, 'Go up and bury thy father, as he caused thee to swear.'

And Joseph causeth the sons of Israel to swear, saying, 'God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this place.'

Verse ConceptsBonesFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsLove, And The WorldExhumationsGod VisitingPeople Bound By Oaths

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