Genesis 21:24
And Abraham said, I will swear.
And Abraham saide, I will sweare.
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- Genesis 14:13Rank 1 from verse 24
13¶ And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
13¶ And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew, for hee dwelt in the plaine of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
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Genesis 21:24
The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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To make a solemn oath or binding affirmation.
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23Now 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.
23Now therefore sweare vnto mee here by God, that thou wilt not †deale falsly with me, nor with my sonne, nor with my sonnes sonne: but according to the kindnesse that I haue done vnto thee, thou shalt doe vnto me, and to the land wherein thou hast soiourned.
24And Abraham said, I will swear.
24And Abraham saide, I will sweare.
Selected passage25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
25And Abraham reproued Abimelech, because of a well of water, which Abimelechs seruants had violently taken away.