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Genesis 26:31

Isaac
Peace

29 that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”

30 So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.

32 On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

33 So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

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BSB
And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.
KJV
And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
WEB
They rose up some time in the morning, and swore an oath to one another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
ASV
And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another. And Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
DARBY
And they rose early in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
BLB
And they arose early in the morning, and they swore, a man to his brother; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
ÅB
Morgenen etter sto de tidlig opp og svor hverandre sin ed; siden lot Isak dem fare, og de dro fra ham fred.
OTB
Tidlig neste morgen utvekslet de eder. Så sendte Isak dem på vei, og de dro bort i fred.
B1930
Morgenen efter stod de tidlig op og svor hverandre sin ed; siden lot Isak dem fare, og de drog fra ham fred.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 30:15

    “Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”

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  • Genesis 25:33

    “Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.

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  • Genesis 21:31–32

    So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

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  • 1 Samuel 20:16–17

    So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”

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  • Genesis 31:44

    Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”

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  • Hebrews 6:16

    Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.

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  • Genesis 31:55

    Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.

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  • 1 Samuel 20:3

    But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

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