Genesis 21:23-24

21:23 Now swear to me right here in God’s name 1  that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. 2  Show me, and the land 3  where you are staying, 4  the same loyalty 5  that I have shown you.” 6 

21:24 Abraham said, “I swear to do this.” 7 

1 tn Heb “And now swear to me by God here.”

2 tn Heb “my offspring and my descendants.”

3 tn The word “land” refers by metonymy to the people in the land.

4 tn The Hebrew verb means “to stay, to live, to sojourn” as a temporary resident without ownership rights.

5 tn Or “kindness.”

6 tn Heb “According to the loyalty which I have done with you, do with me and with the land in which you are staying.”

7 tn Heb “I swear.” No object is specified in the Hebrew text, but the content of the oath requested by Abimelech is the implied object.