Genesis 21:23
ContextNETBible | 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 |
XREF | 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 |
NET © Notes |
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.” |