Genesis 26:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³¹ In the morning they rose early and exchanged oaths, and Isaac set them on their way, and they departed from him in peace.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ And they rose up early in the morning and took oaths [with a curse] with one another; and Isaac sent them on their way and they departed from him in peace.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ 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.

Common English Bible

³¹ They got up early in the morning, and they gave each other their word. Isaac sent them off, and they left peacefully.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ arising in the morning, they swore to one another. And Isaac sent them away peacefully to their own place.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ Arising in the morning, they swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away peaceably to their own home.

Genesis 26:31 Cross References

Genesis 14:22

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to God Most High, maker of heaven and earth,

Genesis 19:2

He said, “Please, my lords, turn aside to your servant’s house and spend the night and wash your feet; then you can rise early and go on your way.” They said, “No; we will spend the night in the square.”

Genesis 21:14

So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

Genesis 21:23

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.”

Genesis 21:27

So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

Genesis 22:3

So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac; he cut the wood for the burnt offering and set out and went to the place in the distance that God had shown him.

Genesis 25:33

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

Genesis 26:32

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

Genesis 31:44

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

Genesis 31:55

Early in the morning Laban rose up and kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them; then he departed and returned home.

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.

1 Samuel 14:24

Now Saul committed a very rash act on that day. He had laid an oath on the troops, saying, “Cursed be anyone who eats food before it is evening and I have been avenged on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted food.

1 Samuel 20:3

But David also swore, “Your father knows well that you like me, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

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.”