Exodus 6:8
And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord!’”
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.
Note swear: Heb. lift up my hand
I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am the Lord.’”
And I will bring you in unto the land which I sware to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am Jehovah.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- swear
- Heb. lift up my hand. The ancient mode of appealing to God was by lifting up the right hand, and was considered as a form of swearing. Hence {yamin,} in Hebrew the right hand, is in Arabic an oath, and as a verb, to take an oath. A similar custom prevailed among the heathens. See Virg. Æn. 1. xii. v. 196.
- Genesis 14:22; Deuteronomy 32:40; Ezekiel 20:5, 6, 15, 23, 28, 42; Ezekiel 36:7; Ezekiel 47:14
- to give
- Exodus 32:13; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 22:16, 17; Genesis 26:3; Genesis 28:13; Genesis 35:12
- I am
- Exodus 6:2; Numbers 23:19; 1 Samuel 15:29