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Luke 1:73

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The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
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  1. Genesis 22:16–18Rank 1 from verse 73
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    16And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

    17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

    18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

  2. Deuteronomy 7:8Rank 2 from verse 73
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    8But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

  3. Psalms 105:9Rank 3 from verse 73
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    9Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

  4. Deuteronomy 7:12Rank 4 from verse 73
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    12¶ Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:

  5. Jeremiah 11:5Rank 5 from verse 73
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    5That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O Lord.

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Luke 1:73

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

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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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72To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

73The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

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74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

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