Oath

How Nave’s arranged it

• (A solemn qualification) -Used in solemnizing covenants
• Between Abraham and the king of SodomGenesis 14:22Genesis 14:23
• Between Abraham and AbimelechGenesis 21:22Genesis 21:23
• Between Isaac and AbimelechGenesis 26:26–29Genesis 26:31
• Abraham requires oath of his servant EliezerGenesis 24:2Genesis 24:3Genesis 24:9
• Esau confirms the sale of his birthright byGenesis 25:33
• Jacob confirms the covenant between him and Laban byGenesis 31:53
• Requires Joseph to swear that he would bury him with his forefathersGenesis 47:28–31
• Joseph requires a similar oathGenesis 50:25
• Rahab requires an oath from the spiesJoshua 2:12–14Joshua 6:22
• The Israelites confirm the covenant with the HivitesJoshua 9:3–20
• Moses covenants with Caleb byJoshua 14:9

The passages, in Bible order (104)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 14:22

   But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

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   “But the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself." But he replied to him, "I raise my hand to the Lord, God most high, possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take a thread …

   “And Abram said to the king of Sodom,....

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2. Genesis 14:23

   that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

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   “It is characteristic of the perfect mind not to take for itself any earthly thing, anything prone to bodily seduction. This is why Abraham says, "I will take nothing of what is yours." He avoids intemperance like the plague. He flees from sensual bodily temptations as from filth. He rejects worldly pleasures to seek those that are above the world. This is what it means to raise one's hands to the Lord. The hand that does good is the virtue of the soul.

   “But the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself." But he replied to him, "I raise my hand to the Lord, God most high, possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take a thread …

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3. Genesis 21:22

   At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 21:221 voice

   “(Verse 22.) And Abimelech and Phicol, the commanders of his army, said to his servants, 'Except Abimelech and Phicol, the third name mentioned here is not found in the Hebrew text.'

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4. Genesis 21:23

   Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 21:231 voice

   “After these things, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, for they saw that God was with him and had helped him in the wars of the kings and had also promised him the land of the Canaanites. They also feared …

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5. Genesis 22:16

   saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

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   “This is Isaac the co-heir of the promises and the blessings of God given to Abraham his father—who was a type of the sacrifice of the Lord Christ, since for three days he travelled on to death, and afterwards returned alive—who on his own shoulders …

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6. Genesis 24:2

   So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,

   ›Commentary on Genesis 24:21 voice

   “when the most faithful Abraham wished to make his servant swear with more than usual solemnity by the circumcision as being a seal royal, Place, he said, thine hand under my thigh, instead of under the seal royal, that is, the circumcision

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7. Genesis 24:3

   and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,

   ›Commentary on Genesis 24:31 voice

   “And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of earth,.... The Maker and possessor of heaven and earth, by whom Abraham used to swear whenever he did, and by whom only men should swear, see Gen 14:

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8. Genesis 24:9

   So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 24:91 voice

   “(Chapter 24, Verse 9) And the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore to him concerning this matter. The Hebrews say that he swore at his consecration, that is, at his circumcision. But we say that he swore by the seed of Abraham, that is, by Christ, who was to be born from him, according to the Gospel of Matthew, which says: The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham (Matthew 1:1).

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9. Genesis 25:33

   “Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 25:331 voice

   “Esau, because of his meat, cast away the birthright together with the blessings, and he became a slave unto sin, and one who was subject under the hand of his brother. And do not imagine that the lust for dainty meats only is accounted gluttony, …

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10. Genesis 26:26–29

    Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

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    “(Verse 26.) And Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his counselor, and Phicol the commander of his army. Regarding Ahuzzath his counselor, in Hebrew it means his group of friends: it signifies not so much a single person as a crowd of friends who came with the king, among whom was also Phicol the commander of his army.

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11. Genesis 26:31

    And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.

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    “And they rose up betimes in the morning,....

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12. Genesis 31:53

    May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

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    “The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us,....

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13. Genesis 47:28–31

    And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.

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    “And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years,....

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14. Genesis 50:25

    And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

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    “And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel,....

    “Ye shall carry up my bones - That I may finally rest with my ancestors in the land which God gave to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and which is a pledge as it is a type of the kingdom of Heaven. Thus says the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, Heb 11:22: “By Faith Joseph, when he died, (τελευτων, when dying), made mention of the departure (εξοδου, of the Exodus) of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

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15. Exodus 20:7

    You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

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    “Although making a variety of suppositions about him, we all know something of God but do not all know what he is, for few indeed and fewer (if I may say so) than few are they who grasp his holiness in all things. Thus we are rightly taught to pray that our concept of God may be hallowed among us.

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16. Exodus 22:10

    If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to be cared for by his neighbor, but it dies or is injured or stolen while no one is watching,

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    “If a man deliver to his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast to keep,.... And he keeps it without a reward, as the Targum of Jonathan; but Jarchi and Aben Ezra more rightly interpret this of one that keeps for hire, as herdsmen, shepherds, &c.

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