KJV King James Version
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
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Luke 1:73
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
WEB World English Bible
the oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father,
ASV American Standard Version
The oath which he sware unto Abraham our father,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
An oath that He sware to Abraham our father,
Surrounding context — Luke 1
70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
72 To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
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Genesis 22:16-18And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:Psalm 105:9Which [covenant] he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;Deuteronomy 7:8But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.Jeremiah 11:5That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as [it is] this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.Deuteronomy 7:12Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:Genesis 26:3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;Hebrews 6:16-17For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation [is] to them an end of all strife.Hebrews 6:13For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,Genesis 24:7The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
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