Now swear to me by the Lord that when that happens you will not kill my family and destroy my line of descendants!”

现在你要指着耶和华向我起誓，不剪除我的后裔，在我父家不灭没我的名。”

现在你要指着耶和华向我起誓，你必不剪除我的后裔，必不从我父家除去我的名。”

现在你要指着耶和华向我起誓，你必不剪除我的后裔，必不从我父家除去我的名。”

现在请你凭耶和华向我起誓，你不会杀害我的子孙，灭绝我的后代。”

现在你要指着耶和华向我起誓，不剪除我的后裔，也不从我父家消灭我的名。”

现在你要指着耶和华向我起誓，绝不剪除我的后裔，绝不从我父家除灭我的名。”

現在你要指着耶和華向我起誓，不剪除我的後裔，在我父家不滅沒我的名。」

現在你要指着耶和華向我起誓，你必不剪除我的後裔，必不從我父家除去我的名。」

現在你要指着耶和華向我起誓，你必不剪除我的後裔，必不從我父家除去我的名。」

現在請你憑耶和華向我起誓，你不會殺害我的子孫，滅絕我的後代。」

現在你要指著耶和華向我起誓，不剪除我的後裔，也不從我父家消滅我的名。”

如今你要指着永恆主向我起誓：不剪滅我以後的苗裔，不從我父系家屬消滅我的名。』

現在你要指著耶和華向我起誓，絕不剪除我的後裔，絕不從我父家除滅我的名。」

今當指耶和華而誓、不絕我嗣、不滅我名於我父家、

爾當指耶和華而誓、不絕我嗣、不滅我名、在我父之家。

今爾當為我指主而誓、不絕我嗣、不滅我名於我父之家、

Now swear to me by the Lord that you will not kill off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s family.”

Now make a promise in the name of the Lord. Promise me that you won’t kill the children of my family. Also promise me that you won’t wipe out my name from my family line.”

Swear to me therefore by the Lord that you will not cut off my offspring after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father’s house.”

Therefore swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s family.”

So now swear to me by the Lord that you will not cut off my descendants after me, and that you will not eliminate my name from my father’s household.”

Therefore swear now to me by the Lord that you will not cut off my descendants after me, and that you will not destroy my name from my father’s house.”

Swear now therefore unto me by Jehovah, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.

Therefore swear to me by the Lord that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s family.”

Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.

So now swear to me in the LORD’s name that you will not kill my descendants after me or destroy my name from the house of my father.”

Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh, that you will not cut off my offspring after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father’s house.”

“ 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.”

So let seven of Saul’s sons be handed over to us, and we will execute them before the Lord at Gibeon, on the mountain of the Lord.”“ All right,” the king said,“ I will do it.”The king spared Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth, who was Saul’s grandson, because of the oath David and Jonathan had sworn before the Lord.But he gave them Saul’s two sons Armoni and Mephibosheth, whose mother was Rizpah daughter of Aiah. He also gave them the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab, the wife of Adriel son of Barzillai from Meholah.

And may you treat me with the faithful love of the Lord as long as I live. But if I die,treat my family with this faithful love, even when the Lord destroys all your enemies from the face of the earth.”So Jonathan made a solemn pact with David, saying,“ May the Lord destroy all your enemies!”And Jonathan made David reaffirm his vow of friendship again, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

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.”

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.

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.