23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not [a]hurt me, nor my children, nor my children’s children: thou shalt deal with me, and with the country, where thou hast been a stranger, according unto the kindness that I have showed thee.

24 Then Abraham said, I will [b]swear.

25 And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:23 Hebrew, deal falsely with me, or lie.
  2. Genesis 21:24 So that it is a lawful thing to take an oath in matters of importance, for to justify the truth, and to assure others of our sincerity.

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