For I have sworn by myself, saith YY , that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
YY Elohim hath sworn by himself, saith YY the Elohim of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Yaakov, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Yitzchak, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest Elohim, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Avraham thy father;
Remember Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yisrael, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
Therefore hear ye the word of YY , all Yhudah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith YY , that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Yhudah in all the land of Egypt, saying, YY Elohim liveth.
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith YY Elohim, and thou becamest mine.