Verse 23
Genesis 21:23
Young's Literal Translation
23
and now, swear to me by God (Elohim) here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.'
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֗ה הִשָּׁ֨בְעָ/ה לִּ֤/י בֵֽ/אלֹהִים֙ הֵ֔נָּה אִם תִּשְׁקֹ֣ר לִ֔/י וּ/לְ/נִינִ֖/י וּ/לְ/נֶכְדִּ֑/י כַּ/חֶ֜סֶד אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂ֤יתִי עִמְּ/ךָ֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה עִמָּדִ֔/י וְ/עִם הָ/אָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר גַּ֥רְתָּה בָּֽ/הּ
English Translation
And now, swear to me by God that you will not deceive me, nor my son, nor my grandson, according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me and to the land in which you have lived.
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Chapter 21 Context
1
And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken;
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and Sarah conceiveth, and beareth a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God (...
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and Abraham calleth the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah hath born to him -- Isaac;
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and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, [being] a son of eight days, as God (Elohim) hath commanded...
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And Abraham [is] a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him,
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and Sarah saith, 'God (Elohim) hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for me.'
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She saith also, 'Who hath said to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled sons, that I have born a son for his o...
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And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being w...
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and Sarah seeth the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she hath borne to Abraham, mocking,
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and she saith to Abraham, 'Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid hath no...
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And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son's sake;
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and God (Elohim) saith unto Abraham, 'Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and be...
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As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] thy seed.'
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And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and taketh bread, and a bottle of water, and giveth unto Ha...
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and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she placeth the lad under one of the shrubs.
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And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, 'Let me...
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And God (Elohim) heareth the voice of the youth; and the messenger of God (Elohim) calleth unto Haga...
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rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.'
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And God (Elohim) openeth her eyes, and she seeth a well of water, and she goeth and filleth the bott...
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and God (Elohim) is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer...
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and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Eg...
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And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh -- Phichol also, head of his host -- unto...
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and now, swear to me by God (Elohim) here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my s...
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And Abraham saith, 'I -- I do swear.'
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And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's serva...
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and Abimelech saith, 'I have not known who hath done this thing, and even thou didst not declare to...
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And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;
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and Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves.
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And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, 'What [are] they -- these seven lambs which thou hast set by thems...
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And he saith, 'For -- the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness f...
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therefore hath he called that place 'Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.
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And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth -- Phichol also, head of his host -- an...
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and [Abraham] planteth a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God (El...
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and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days.
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