Genesis 31:53
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53 The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their father (A)judge between us.” And Jacob (B)swore by (C)the [a]Fear of his father Isaac.
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- Genesis 31:53 A reference to God
Genesis 31:42
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42 (A)Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and (B)the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. (C)God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and (D)rebuked you last night.”
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Genesis 16:5
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5 Then Sarai said to Abram, [a]“My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. (A)The Lord judge between you and me.”
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- Genesis 16:5 The wrong done to me be
Joshua 24:2
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2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: (A)‘Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, dwelt on the other side of [a]the River in old times; and (B)they served other gods.
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- Joshua 24:2 The Euphrates
Exodus 3:6
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6 Moreover He said, (A)“I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for (B)he was afraid to look upon God.
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Genesis 11:24-29
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24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot (A)Terah. 25 After he begot Terah, Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
26 Now Terah lived seventy years, and (B)begot [a]Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Terah’s Descendants
27 This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot (C)Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 Then Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram’s wife was (D)Sarai,[b] and the name of Nahor’s wife, (E)Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.
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- Genesis 11:26 Abraham, Gen. 17:5
- Genesis 11:29 Sarah, Gen. 17:15
Deuteronomy 6:13
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13 You shall (A)fear the Lord your God and serve Him, and (B)shall take oaths in His name.
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Genesis 28:13
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13 (A)And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: (B)“I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; (C)the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.
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Genesis 26:28-31
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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, 29 that you will do us no harm, since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing to you but good and have sent you away in peace. (B)You are now the blessed of the Lord.’ ”
30 (C)So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 31 Then they arose early in the morning and (D)swore an oath with one another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
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- Genesis 26:28 treaty
Genesis 24:3-4
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3 and I will make you (A)swear[a] by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that (B)you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell; 4 (C)but you shall go (D)to my country and to my family, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
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- Genesis 24:3 take an oath
Genesis 22:20-24
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The Family of Nahor
20 Now it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham, saying, “Indeed (A)Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor: 21 (B)Huz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father (C)of Aram, 22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” 23 And (D)Bethuel begot [a]Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. 24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Thahash, and Maachah.
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- Genesis 22:23 Rebecca, Rom. 9:10
Genesis 17:7
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7 And I will (A)establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, (B)to be God to you and (C)your descendants after you.
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Genesis 14:22
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22 But Abram (A)said to the king of Sodom, “I (B)have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High, (C)the Possessor of heaven and earth,
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Genesis 11:31
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31 And Terah (A)took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from (B)Ur of the Chaldeans to go to (C)the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.
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Genesis 21:23-24
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23 Now therefore, (A)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.”
24 And Abraham said, “I will swear.”
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- Genesis 21:23 take an oath
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