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Genesis 21:23-24

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21:23 Now swear to me right here in God’s name¹ that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants.² Show me, and the land³ where you are staying,⁴ the same loyalty⁵ that I have shown you.”⁶

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

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

²tn Heb “my offspring and my descendants.”

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

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

⁵tn Or “kindness.”

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

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

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