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1 Samuel 24:21

19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.

20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.

Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.

22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”
KJV
Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.
WEB
Swear now therefore to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my offspring after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father’s house.”
ASV
Swear now therefore unto me by Jehovah, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father`s house.
DARBY
Swear now therefore to me by Jehovah, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.
BLB
And now, swear to me by YHWH that you will not cut off my seed after me or destroy my name from the house of my father.”
ÅB
Så tilsverg meg da nå ved Herren at du ikke vil utrydde mine etterkommere og ikke utslette mitt navn av min fars hus!
OTB
Så nå sverge til meg ved Herren at du ikke vil utrydde mine etterkommere etter meg, og at du ikke vil utslette mitt navn fra min fars hus.»
B1930
Så tilsverg mig da nu ved Herren at du ikke vil utrydde mine efterkommere og ikke utslette mitt navn av min fars hus!

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Cross references

  • Genesis 21:23

    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.

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  • 2 Samuel 21:6–8

    Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.

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  • 1 Samuel 20:14–17

    And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:

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  • Genesis 31:53

    The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

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  • Hebrews 6:16

    For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

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  • Genesis 31:48

    And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

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