Genesis 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 

Ge 14:22,23; Ge 20:14; Ge 24:3; Ge 26:28; Ge 31:44,53; De 6:13; Jos 2:12; 1Sa 20:13,17,42; 1Sa 24:21,22; 1Sa 30:15; Jer 4:2; 2Co 1:23; Heb 6:16

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.”