²⁴ And Abraham said, “I will swear.”

¹⁶ For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes ^(A)an oath is final for confirmation.

¹⁸ If possible, so far as it depends on you, ^(A)live peaceably with all.

¹³ Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, ^(A)who was living by the ^(B)oaks^[a] of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram.