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Genesis 21:24

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And Abraham said, I will swear.
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  1. Genesis 14:13Rank 1 from verse 24
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    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.

  2. Hebrews 6:16Rank 2 from verse 24
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    16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

  3. Romans 12:18Rank 3 from verse 24
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    18If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

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Genesis 21:24

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Abraham

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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.

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21:22¶ And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:

21:23Now 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.

21:24And Abraham said, I will swear.

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21:25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

21:26And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.

21:27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

21:28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

21:29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

21:30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

21:31Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

21:32Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

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