Genesis 26:31
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And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.
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Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”
Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.
“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”
“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.
But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.
So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.