Genesis 21:24

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Abraham saith, `I -- I do swear.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 14:13 : 13 And one who is escaping cometh and declareth to Abram the Hebrew, and he is dwelling among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, and they `are' Abram's allies.
  • Rom 12:18 : 18 If possible -- so far as in you -- with all men being in peace;
  • Heb 6:16 : 16 for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation `is' the oath,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 21:22-23
    2 verses
    85%

    22And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh -- Phichol also, head of his host -- unto Abraham, saying, `God `is' with thee in all that thou art doing;

    23and 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.'

  • Gen 22:16
    79%

    16and saith, `By Myself I have sworn -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- that because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one --

  • Gen 24:5-9
    5 verses
    79%

    5And the servant saith unto him, `It may be the woman is not willing to come after me unto this land; do I at all cause thy son to turn back unto the land from whence thou camest out?'

    6And Abraham saith unto him, `Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause my son to turn back thither;

    7Jehovah, God of the heavens, who hath taken me from the house of my father, and from the land of my birth, and who hath spoken to me, and who hath sworn to me, saying, To thy seed I give this land, He doth send His messenger before thee, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from thence;

    8and if the woman be not willing to come after thee, then thou hast been acquitted from this mine oath: only my son thou dost not cause to turn back thither.'

    9And the servant putteth his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and sweareth to him concerning this matter.

  • Gen 24:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1And Abraham `is' old, he hath entered into days, and Jehovah hath blessed Abraham in all `things';

    2and Abraham saith unto his servant, the eldest of his house, who is ruling over all that he hath, `Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh,

    3and 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;

  • Gen 24:34
    76%

    34And he saith, `I `am' Abraham's servant;

  • Heb 6:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself,

    14saying, `Blessing indeed I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;'

  • Gen 21:25-27
    3 verses
    75%

    25And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away,

    26and Abimelech saith, `I have not known who hath done this thing, and even thou didst not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard save to-day.'

    27And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;

  • Luke 1:73
    75%

    73An oath that He sware to Abraham our father,

  • Gen 24:37
    74%

    37`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.

  • Gen 31:53
    74%

    53the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, doth judge between us -- the God of their father,' and Jacob sweareth by the Fear of his father Isaac.

  • Gen 20:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, `What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'

    11And Abraham saith, `Because I said, `Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;

  • Gen 21:29-31
    3 verses
    74%

    29And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, `What `are' they -- these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'

    30And he saith, `For -- the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;'

    31therefore hath he called that place `Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.

  • Gen 24:41
    73%

    41then art thou acquitted from my oath, when thou comest unto my family, and if they give not `one' to thee; then thou hast been acquitted from my oath.

  • Gen 14:22
    73%

    22and Abram saith unto the king of Sodom, `I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessing heaven and earth --

  • Gen 17:21
    73%

    21and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah doth bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year;'

  • Gen 26:3
    73%

    3sojourn in this land, and I am with thee, and bless thee, for to thee and to thy seed I give all these lands, and I have established the oath which I have sworn to Abraham thy father;

  • Ps 105:9
    73%

    9That He hath made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,

  • 1 Sam 24:21
    73%

    21and, now, swear to me by Jehovah -- thou dost not cut off my seed after me, nor dost thou destroy my name from the house of my father.'

  • 1 Chr 16:16
    72%

    16Which He hath made with Abraham, And His oath -- to Isaac,

  • Gen 17:4
    72%

    4`I -- lo, My covenant `is' with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations;

  • Gen 23:14
    72%

    14And Ephron answereth Abraham, saying to him,

  • Gen 22:1
    71%

    1And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, `Abraham;' and he saith, `Here `am' I.'

  • Gen 17:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18And Abraham saith unto God, `O that Ishmael may live before Thee;'

    19and God saith, `Sarah thy wife is certainly bearing a son to thee, and thou hast called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a covenant age-during, to his seed after him.

  • Gen 24:12
    71%

    12And he saith, `Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, cause to meet, I pray Thee, before me this day -- (and do kindness with my lord Abraham;

  • Gen 47:31
    71%

    31and he saith, `Swear to me;' and he sweareth to him, and Israel boweth himself on the head of the bed.

  • Gen 26:28
    71%

    28And they say, `We have certainly seen that Jehovah hath been with thee, and we say, `Let there be, we pray thee, an oath between us, between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

  • Josh 2:12
    71%

    12`And now, swear ye, I pray you, to me by Jehovah -- because I have done with you kindness -- that ye have done, even ye, kindness with the house of my father, and have given to me a true token,

  • Gen 18:19
    70%

    19for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

  • 1 Kgs 2:23
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    23And king Solomon sweareth by Jehovah, saying, `Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add -- surely against his soul hath Adonijah spoken this word;

  • Gen 17:9
    70%

    9And God saith unto Abraham, `And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations;