Genesis 21:23

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 

Genesis 24:37

24:37 My master made me swear an oath. He said, ‘You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,

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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.”