Swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.

我要叫你指着耶和华天地的主起誓，不要为我儿子娶这迦南地中的女子为妻。

我要叫你指着耶和华—天和地的上帝起誓，不要为我儿子娶我所居住的迦南地的女子为妻。

我要叫你指着耶和华—天和地的神起誓，不要为我儿子娶我所居住的迦南地的女子为妻。

我要你凭耶和华——掌管天地的上帝起誓，你不会找这迦南的女子做我儿子的妻子。

我要你指着耶和华天地的神起誓，不可从我现在居住的迦南人中，为我的儿子娶他们的女子为妻。

我要你指着耶和华——天和地的神起誓，不可从我所住的迦南，为我的儿子娶他们的女儿为妻；

我要叫你指着耶和華－天地的主起誓，不要為我兒子娶這迦南地中的女子為妻。

我要叫你指着耶和華－天和地的上帝起誓，不要為我兒子娶我所居住的迦南地的女子為妻。

我要叫你指着耶和華－天和地的神起誓，不要為我兒子娶我所居住的迦南地的女子為妻。

我要你憑耶和華——掌管天地的上帝起誓，你不會找這迦南的女子做我兒子的妻子。

我要你指著耶和華天地的神起誓，不可從我現在居住的迦南人中，為我的兒子娶他們的女子為妻。

我要叫你指着永恆主、天之上帝、地之上帝、來起誓，不要從迦南人、就是我住在他們中間的迦南人中為我兒子娶妻。

我要你指著耶和華——天和地的神起誓，不可從我所住的迦南，為我的兒子娶他們的女兒為妻；

指天地之上帝耶和華而誓、我居迦南人中、勿娶其女、為我子婦、

指天地之上帝耶和華而誓、我居迦南、斯土之女、勿妻我子。

我令爾指主宰天地之耶和華天主而誓、我居迦南人中、爾毋為我子娶其女為妻、

I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,

The Lord is the God of heaven and the God of earth. I want you to make a promise to me in his name. I’m living among the people of Canaan. But I want you to promise me that you won’t get a wife for my son from their daughters.

that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,

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

and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live;

and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell;

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

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

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

so that I may make you solemnly promise by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.

Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness?What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever?And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said:“ I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.

At the age of forty, Esau married two Hittite wives: Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon.But Esau’s wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.

You must not intermarry with them. Do not let your daughters and sons marry their sons and daughters,for they will lead your children away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will burn against you, and he will quickly destroy you.

Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son, gifted with skill and understanding, who will build a Temple for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.

Abram replied to the king of Sodom,“ I solemnly swear to the Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

It was now very clear to Esau that his father did not like the local Canaanite women.

And Jonathan made David reaffirm his vow of friendship again, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

And Hezekiah prayed this prayer before the Lord:“ O Lord, God of Israel, you are enthroned between the mighty cherubim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You alone created the heavens and the earth.

“ Now swear to me by the Lord that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that

So I confronted them and called down curses on them. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear in the name of God that they would not let their children intermarry with the pagan people of the land.

You must fear the Lord your God and worship him and cling to him. Your oaths must be in his name alone.

“ You alone are the Lord. You made the skies and the heavens and all the stars. You made the earth and the seas and everything in them. You preserve them all, and the angels of heaven worship you.

The neighbor must then take an oath in the presence of the Lord. If the Lord confirms that the neighbor did not steal the property, the owner must accept the verdict, and no payment will be required.

Then Rebekah said to Isaac,“ I’m sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them.”So Isaac called for Jacob, blessed him, and said,“ You must not marry any of these Canaanite women.Instead, go at once to Paddan aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your uncle Laban’s daughters.

“ Swear to me in God’s name that you will never deceive me, my children, or any of my descendants. I have been loyal to you, so now swear that you will be loyal to me and to this country where you are living as a foreigner.”

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but only if he loves the Lord.

Melchizedek blessed Abram with this blessing:“ Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.

You must fear the Lord your God and serve him. When you take an oath, you must use only his name.

May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

I have sworn by my own name; I have spoken the truth, and I will never go back on my word: Every knee will bend to me, and every tongue will declare allegiance to me.”

So come, let’s make a covenant, you and I, and it will be a witness to our commitment.”So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a monument.Then he told his family members,“ Gather some stones.” So they gathered stones and piled them in a heap. Then Jacob and Laban sat down beside the pile of stones to eat a covenant meal.To commemorate the event, Laban called the place Jegar sahadutha( which means“ witness pile” in Aramaic), and Jacob called it Galeed( which means“ witness pile” in Hebrew).Then Laban declared,“ This pile of stones will stand as a witness to remind us of the covenant we have made today.” This explains why it was called Galeed—“ Witness Pile.”But it was also called Mizpah( which means“ watchtower”), for Laban said,“ May the Lord keep watch between us to make sure that we keep this covenant when we are out of each other’s sight.If you mistreat my daughters or if you marry other wives, God will see it even if no one else does. He is a witness to this covenant between us.“ See this pile of stones,” Laban continued,“ and see this monument I have set between us.They stand between us as witnesses of our vows. I will never pass this pile of stones to harm you, and you must never pass these stones or this monument to harm me.I call on the God of our ancestors— the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of my grandfather Nahor— to serve as a judge between us.” So Jacob took an oath before the fearsome God of his father, Isaac, to respect the boundary line.

“ At this point the priest must put the woman under oath by saying,‘ May the people know that the Lord’s curse is upon you when he makes you infertile, causing your womb to shrivel and your abdomen to swell.

Then when you swear by my name, saying,‘ As surely as the Lord lives,’ you could do so with truth, justice, and righteousness. Then you would be a blessing to the nations of the world, and all people would come and praise my name.”

Say this to those who worship other gods:“ Your so called gods, who did not make the heavens and earth, will vanish from the earth and from under the heavens.”

Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath, and he said,“ When God comes to help you and lead you back, you must take my bones with you.”

And if these nations truly learn the ways of my people, and if they learn to swear by my name, saying,‘ As surely as the Lord lives’( just as they taught my people to swear by the name of Baal), then they will be given a place among my people.

“ Listen to me, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and born into the family of Judah. Listen, you who take oaths in the name of the Lord and call on the God of Israel. You don’t keep your promises,

In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.

Now when people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding.

Then you will accept their daughters, who sacrifice to other gods, as wives for your sons. And they will seduce your sons to commit adultery against me by worshiping other gods.

“ You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.

The sons of God saw the beautiful women and took any they wanted as their wives.

“ Pay close attention to all my instructions. You must not call on the name of any other gods. Do not even speak their names.

For they go up to their roofs and bow down to the sun, moon, and stars. They claim to follow the Lord, but then they worship Molech, too.

Canaan’s oldest son was Sidon, the ancestor of the Sidonians. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites,Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. The Canaanite clans eventually spread out,and the territory of Canaan extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.

All who invoke a blessing or take an oath will do so by the God of truth. For I will put aside my anger and forget the evil of earlier days.

“ Do not bring shame on the name of your God by using it to swear falsely. I am the Lord.

They replied,“ We can plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let’s make a covenant.Swear that you will not harm us, just as we have never troubled you. We have always treated you well, and we sent you away from us in peace. And now look how the Lord has blessed you!”So Isaac prepared a covenant feast to celebrate the treaty, and they ate and drank together.Early the next morning, they each took a solemn oath not to interfere with each other. Then Isaac sent them home again, and they left him in peace.