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Gen. 24:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And I will make thee sweard by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not takeg a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

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Deut. 6:13• ¹³Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. (Deut. 6:13)

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Gen. 6:2• ²that the sons of God saw the daughters of mankind that they [were] fair and they took to them wives of all that they chose. (Gen. 6:2)

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Deut. 7:3• ³{i}And thou shalt make no marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor take his daughter for thy son;{/i} (Deut. 7:3)

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2 Cor. 6:14• ¹⁴Be not diversely yoked with unbelievers: for what partnership [is there] for righteousness and lawlessness? or what fellowship [hath] light with darkness? (2 Cor. 6:14)

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Gen. 21:23• ²³now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son; but, according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. (Gen. 21:23)

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Gen. 26:28‑31• ²⁸And they said, We saw certainly that Jehovah is with thee; and we said, Let there now be an oath between us, between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
²⁹that thou wilt do us no wrong, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done to thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou [art] now blessed of Jehovah.
³⁰And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
³¹And they rose early in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. (Gen. 26:28‑31)

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Gen. 31:44‑53• ⁴⁴And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for witness between me and thee.
⁴⁵And Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.
⁴⁶And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones and made a heap and ate there on the heap.
⁴⁷And Laban called it Jagar-sahadutha , and Jacob called it Galeed.
⁴⁸And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore is its name called Galeed
⁴⁹and Mizpah ; for he said, Watch, Jehovah, between me and thee, when we are hidden one from another.
⁵⁰If thou afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God [is] witness between me and thee.
⁵¹And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have set up between me and thee.
⁵²This heap [be] witness and the pillar [be] witness, that I pass not over this heap to thee, and that thou pass not over this heap and this pillar to me for harm.
⁵³The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac. (Gen. 31:44‑53)

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Gen. 50:25• ²⁵{i}And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will certainly visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones hence.{/i} (Gen. 50:25)

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Ex. 20:7• ⁷{i}Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah thy God; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that idly uttereth his name.{/i} (Ex. 20:7)

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Ex. 22:11• ¹¹{i}an oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make it good.{/i} (Ex. 22:11)

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Ex. 23:13• ¹³{i}And ye shall be on your guard as to everything that I have said unto you; and shall make no mention of the name of other gods—it shall not be heard in thy mouth.{/i} (Ex. 23:13)

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Lev. 19:12• ¹²And ye shall not swear by my name falsely and profane the name of thy God; I [am] Jehovah. (Lev. 19:12)

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Num. 5:21• ²¹{i}—then the priest shall adjure the woman with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman:{/i} Jehovah make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when Jehovah doth make thy thigh to rot, {i}and thy belly to swell;{/i} (Num. 5:21)

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Deut. 6:13• ¹³Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. (Deut. 6:13)

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Deut. 10:20• ²⁰{i}Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him thou shalt serve, and unto him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.{/i} (Deut. 10:20)

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Josh. 2:12• ¹²Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by Jehovah, since I have showed you kindness, that ye will also show kindness unto my father's house, {i}and give me a certain sign,{/i} (Josh. 2:12)

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1 Sam. 20:17• ¹⁷And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him for he loved him as he loved his own soul. (1 Sam. 20:17)

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Neh. 13:25• ²⁵And I contended with them, {i}and cursed them, and smote certain of them and plucked off their hair{/i}, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. (Neh. 13:25)

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Isa. 45:23• ²³I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. (Isa. 45:23)

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Isa. 48:1• ¹Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, not in truth, nor in righteousness. (Isa. 48:1)

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Isa. 65:16• ¹⁶so that he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles shall be forgotten, and because they shall be hid from mine eyes. (Isa. 65:16)

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Jer. 4:2• ²{i}—and thou shalt in truth, in justice, and in righteousness swear, As Jehovah liveth! and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.{/i} (Jer. 4:2)

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Jer. 12:16• ¹⁶And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, Jehovah liveth, as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. (Jer. 12:16)

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Zeph. 1:5• ⁵And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear to Jehovah, and that swear by Malcham. (Zeph. 1:5)

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Heb. 6:16• ¹⁶For men, indeed, swear by the greater, and to them the oath for confirmation [is] an end of all dispute. (Heb. 6:16)

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Gen. 14:22• ²²{i}And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the Most High God, possessor of heavens and earth,{/i} (Gen. 14:22)

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2 Kings 19:15• ¹⁵And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. (2 Kings 19:15)

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2 Chron. 2:12• ¹²{i}And Huram said, Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, that made the heavens and the earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, who will build a house for Jehovah and a house for his kingdom.{/i} (2 Chron. 2:12)

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Neh. 9:6• ⁶{i}Thou art the Same, thou alone, Jehovah, who hast made the heaven of heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that is therein, the seas and all that is therein. And thou quickenest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.{/i} (Neh. 9:6)

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Psa. 115:15• ¹⁵Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah,{HR}Maker of the heavens and the earth. (Psa. 115:15)

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Jer. 10:11• ¹¹{i}Thus shall ye say unto them: The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.{/i} (Jer. 10:11)

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Gen. 6:2,4• ²that the sons of God saw the daughters of mankind that they [were] fair and they took to them wives of all that they chose.
⁴The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare to them. These [are] the heroes, mighty men who [were] of old, men of renown . (Gen. 6:2,4)

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Gen. 26:34‑35• ³⁴And Esau was forty years old, when he took as wife Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basmath daughter of Elon the Hittite;
³⁵and they were bitterness of spirit to Isaac and Rebecca. (Gen. 26:34‑35)

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Gen. 27:46• ⁴⁶And Rebecca said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good should my life be to me? (Gen. 27:46)

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Gen. 28:1‑2,8• ¹And Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
²Arise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
⁸And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father. (Gen. 28:1‑2,8)

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Ex. 34:16• ¹⁶{i}and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.{/i} (Ex. 34:16)

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Deut. 7:3‑4• ³{i}And thou shalt make no marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor take his daughter for thy son;{/i}
⁴{i}for he will turn away thy son from following me, and they will serve other gods, and the anger of Jehovah will be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.{/i} (Deut. 7:3‑4)

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1 Cor. 7:39• ³⁹A wife is bound as long as her husband liveth; but should the husband have fallen asleep, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in [the] Lord. (1 Cor. 7:39)

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2 Cor. 6:14‑17• ¹⁴Be not diversely yoked with unbelievers: for what partnership [is there] for righteousness and lawlessness? or what fellowship [hath] light with darkness?
¹⁵and what consent of Christ with Beliar? or what part for a believer with an unbeliever?
¹⁶and what agreement for God's temple with idols? For ye are [the] living God's temple, even as God said, I will dwell and walk among them, and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
¹⁷Wherefore come out from the midst of them and be separated, saith [the] Lord, and touch no unclean thing; and I will receive you (2 Cor. 6:14‑17)

• Here we see that the all-important point was, “a wife unto my son.” “It is not good that the man should be alone.” This opens up a very deep and blessed view of the Church. In the counsels of God she is necessary to Christ. (“Genesis 24” by C.H. Mackintosh)

• The call of Rebecca was not thought of before – altogether a fresh element in the history. (“Genesis 23-24” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of the heavens and the God of the earth, that thou take not a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am dwelling;

W. Kelly Translation

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and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of the heavens and the God of the earth, that thou take not a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell;