²⁸ But they said, “We have certainly seen that the Lord ^(A)is with you. So we said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us; and let us make a ^[a]covenant with you,

A Covenant with Abimelech

²² And it came to pass at that time that ^(A)Abimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, ^(B)“God is with you in all that you do. ²³ Now therefore, ^(C)swear^[a] to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, with my offspring, or with my posterity; but that according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land in which you have dwelt.”

The Lord, the Only Savior

¹⁴ Thus says the Lord:

⁷ And the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to ^(A)exalt^[a] you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, ^(B)as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

⁵ So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that ^(A)the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had in the house and in the field.

³¹ Therefore he ^(A)called that place ^[a]Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

³² Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. So Abimelech rose with Phichol, the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.

⁵ Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, ^(A)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

¹⁶ For men indeed swear by the greater, and ^(A)an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute.