Verse 24
Genesis 21:24
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And Abraham said: I will swear.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם אָנֹכִ֖י אִשָּׁבֵֽעַ
English Translation
And Abraham said, "I will certainly swear."
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Chapter 21 Context
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And the Lord visited Sara, as he had promised: and fulfilled what he had spoken.
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And she conceived and bore a son in her old age, at the time that God (Elohim) had foretold her.
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And Abraham called the name of his son, whom Sara bore him, Isaac.
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And he circumcised him the eighth day, as God (Elohim) had commanded him,
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When he was a hundred years old: for at this age of his father was Isaac born.
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And Sara said: God (Elohim) hath made a laughter for me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with...
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And again she said: Who would believe that Abraham should hear that Sara gave suck to a son, whom sh...
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And the child grew and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning.
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And when Sara had seen the son of Agar the Egyptian playing with Isaac her son, she said to Abraham:
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Cast out this bondwoman, and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with my son Isa...
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Abraham took this grievously for his son.
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And God (Elohim) said to him: Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thy bondwoman: i...
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But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed.
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So Abraham rose up in the morning, and taking bread and a bottle of water, put it upon her shoulder,...
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And when the water in the bottle was spent, she cast the boy under one of the trees that were there.
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And she went her way, and sat over against him a great way off as far as a bow can carry, for she sa...
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And God (Elohim) heard the voice of the boy: and an angel of God (Elohim) called to Agar from heaven...
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Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand: for I will make him a great nation.
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And God (Elohim) opened her eyes: and she saw a well of water, and went and filled the bottle, and g...
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And God (Elohim) was with him: and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a young man, an...
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And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egyp...
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At the same time Abimelech, and Phicol the general of his army said to Abraham: God (Elohim) is with...
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Swear therefore by God (Elohim), that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my posterity, nor my stock: but acc...
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And Abraham said: I will swear.
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And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.
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And Abimelech answered: I knew not who did this thing: and thou didst not tell me, and I heard not o...
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And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech: and both of them made a league.
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And Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the flock.
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And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set apart?
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But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewe lambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I...
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Therefore that place was called Bersabee: because both of them did swear.
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And they made a league for the well of oath.
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And Abimelech, and Phicol the general of his army arose and returned to the land of the Palestines....
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And he was a sojourner in the land of the Palestines many days.
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