King James Version (KJV)

Genesis 21:23

“Now 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.”

Verse in context — Genesis 21

21

And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

22

And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God [is] with thee in all that thou doest:

23

Now 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.

24

And Abraham said, I will swear.

25

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

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