Genesis 21:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but as I have dealt loyally with you, you will deal with me and with the land where you have resided as an alien.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ So now, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my son or with my posterity; but as I have dealt with you kindly, you will do the same with me and with the land in which you have sojourned.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

²³ So give me your word under God that you won’t cheat me, my children, or my descendants. Just as I have treated you fairly, so you must treat me and the land in which you are an immigrant.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Therefore, swear by God that you will do no harm to me, and to my posterity, and to my stock. But according to the mercy that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land, to which you have turned as a newcomer."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Genesis 21:23 Cross References

Genesis 20:14

Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.

Genesis 21:24

And Abraham said, “I swear it.”

Genesis 24:3

and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,

Genesis 26:28

They said, “We see plainly that the Lord has been with you, so we say, let there be an oath between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you

Genesis 31:44

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

Genesis 31:53

May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac,

Genesis 39:3

His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to prosper in his hands.

Genesis 47:31

And he said, “Swear to me,” and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself on the head of his bed.

Jeremiah 4:2

and if you swear, “As the Lord lives!” in truth, in justice, and in uprightness, then nations shall be blessed by you, and by you they shall boast.

2 Corinthians 1:23

But I call on God as witness against me: it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.

Deuteronomy 6:13

The Lord your God you shall fear, him you shall serve, and by his name alone you shall swear.

Hebrews 6:16

Humans, of course, swear by someone greater than themselves, and an oath given as confirmation puts an end to all dispute among them.

Joshua 2:12

Now then, since I have dealt kindly with you, swear to me by the Lord that you in turn will deal kindly with my family. Give me a sign of good faith

1 Samuel 20:13

But if my father intends to do you harm, the Lord do so to Jonathan and more also, if I do not disclose it to you and send you away, so that you may go in safety. May the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.

1 Samuel 20:17

Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own life.

1 Samuel 20:42

Then Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, since both of us have sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord shall be between me and you and between my descendants and your descendants forever.’ ” He got up and left, and Jonathan went into the city.

1 Samuel 30:15

David said to him, “Will you take me down to this raiding party?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to them.”