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13 For God promising to Abraham, since he had none greater to swear by, sware by himself, 14 Saying, Truly will I praise thee, and multiplying will I multiply thee. 15 And so, having endured long, he gained the promise. 16 For truly men swear by the greater: and the oath for confirmation to them the end of all controversy. 17 In which God, willing more abundantly to show to the heirs of the promise the firmness of his counsel, he intervened by an oath: Hebrews 6:13-17, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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