Genesis 24:3

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

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,

Cross References

Genesis 14:19

He blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, maker of heaven and earth;

Genesis 14:22

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

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 24:7

The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘To your offspring I will give this land,’ he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

Genesis 27:46

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women such as these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?”

Genesis 28:1

Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, “You shall not marry one of the Canaanite women.

Genesis 28:8

So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please his father Isaac,

Genesis 34:9

Make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

Genesis 38:2

There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; he married her and went in to her.

Genesis 47:31

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

Genesis 50:25

So Joseph made the Israelites swear, saying, “When God comes to you, you shall carry up my bones from here.”

Genesis 6:2

the sons of God saw that they were fair; and they took wives for themselves of all that they chose.

Genesis 6:4

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went in to the daughters of humans, who bore children to them. These were the heroes that were of old, warriors of renown.

2 Kings 19:15

And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said: “O Lord the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, you are God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

2 Chronicles 2:12

Huram also said, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who will build a temple for the Lord, and a royal palace for himself.

Ezra 5:11

This was their reply to us: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

Nehemiah 13:25

And I contended with them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair; and I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

Nehemiah 9:6

And Ezra said: “You are the Lord, you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. To all of them you give life, and the host of heaven worships you.

Psalm 115:15

May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 136:26

O give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Exodus 20:7

You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.

Exodus 22:11

an oath before the Lord shall decide between the two of them that the one has not laid hands on the property of the other; the owner shall accept the oath, and no restitution shall be made.

Exodus 23:13

Be attentive to all that I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods; do not let them be heard on your lips.

Exodus 34:16

And you will take wives from among their daughters for your sons, and their daughters who prostitute themselves to their gods will make your sons also prostitute themselves to their gods.

Isaiah 45:23

By myself I have sworn, from my mouth has gone forth in righteousness a word that shall not return: “To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.”

Isaiah 48:1

Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and who came forth from the loins of Judah; who swear by the name of the Lord, and invoke the God of Israel, but not in truth or right.

Isaiah 65:16

Then whoever invokes a blessing in the land shall bless by the God of faithfulness, and whoever takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of faithfulness; because the former troubles are forgotten and are hidden from my sight.

Jeremiah 10:11

Thus shall you say to them: The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.

Jeremiah 12:16

And then, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, “As the Lord lives,” as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

Jeremiah 29:6

Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease.

Jeremiah 4:2

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

Leviticus 19:12

And you shall not swear falsely by my name, profaning the name of your God: I am the Lord.

Zephaniah 1:5

those who bow down on the roofs to the host of the heavens; those who bow down and swear to the Lord, but also swear by Milcom;

Numbers 5:21

—let the priest make the woman take the oath of the curse and say to the woman—“the Lord make you an execration and an oath among your people, when the Lord makes your uterus drop, your womb discharge;

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife is bound as long as her husband lives. But if the husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.

Deuteronomy 10:20

You shall fear the Lord your God; him alone you shall worship; to him you shall hold fast, and by his name you shall swear.

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

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

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

Judges 14:3

But his father and mother said to him, “Is there not a woman among your kin, or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, because she pleases me.”

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 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.”