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Genesis 26:31

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Early the next morning Isaac and the others made a solemn agreement, then he let them go in peace.

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Abram answered: The LORD God Most High made the heavens and the earth. And I have promised him

and said, “Gentlemen, I am your servant. Please come to my home. You can wash your feet, spend the night, and be on your way in the morning.” They told him, “No, we'll spend the night in the city square.”

Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar an animal skin full of water and some bread. Then he put the boy on her shoulder and sent them away. They wandered around in the desert near Beersheba,

Now I want you to promise in the name of God that you will always be loyal to me and my descendants, just as I have always been loyal to you in this land where you have lived as a foreigner.”

Abraham gave Abimelech some sheep and cattle, and then the two men made a peace treaty.

So Abraham got up early the next morning and chopped wood for the fire. He put a saddle on his donkey and left with Isaac and two servants for the place where God had told him to go.

But Jacob said, “Promise me your birthrights, here and now!” And that's what Esau did.

Later that same day Isaac's servants came and said, “We've struck water!”

So I am ready to make an agreement with you, and we will pile up some large rocks here to remind us of the agreement.”

Early the next morning, Laban kissed his daughters and his grandchildren goodbye, then he left to go back home.

When anyone wants to settle an argument, they make a vow by using the name of someone or something greater than themselves.

“Jonathan, I swear it's true! But your father knows how much you like me, and he didn't want to break your heart. That's why he didn't tell you. I swear by the living LORD and by your own life that I'm only one step ahead of death.”

“Will you take me to those Amalekites?” David asked. “Yes, I will, if you promise with God as a witness that you won't kill me or hand me over to my master.”




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