Genesis 21:23
Swear therefore by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my posterity, nor my stock: but according to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land wherein thou hast lived a stranger.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
24And Abraham said: I will swear.
Cross References
Genesis 14:22And he answered him: I lift up my hand to the Lord God the most high, the possessor of heaven and earth,
Genesis 24:3That I may make thee swear by the Lord the God of heaven and earth, that thou take not a wife for my son, of the daughters of the Chanaanites, among whom I dwell:
Genesis 31:44Come therefore, let us enter into a league: that it may be for a testimony between me and thee.
Genesis 39:3Who knew very well that the Lord was with him, and made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
Joshua 2:12And hearing these things we were affrighted, and our heart fainted away, neither did there remain any spirit in us at your coming in: for the Lord your God he is God in heaven above, and in the earth beneath.
1 Samuel 20:17And Jonathan swore again to David, because he loved him: for he loved him as his own soul.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:23-33
Abimelech's Covenant with Abraham. ( b. c. 1892.) 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: 23 Now 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. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham… Read the whole commentary →