Hebrews 6:13
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For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He swore by Himself,
For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,
For when God made the promise to Abraham, He swore [an oath] by Himself, since He had no one greater by whom to swear,
For when God made [His] promise to Abraham, He swore by Himself, since He had no one greater by whom to swear,
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself:
When God gave Abraham his promise, he swore by himself since he couldn’t swear by anyone greater.
For when God made his promise to Avraham, he swore an oath to do what he had promised; and since there was no one greater than himself for him to swear by, he swore by himself
No one is greater than God. So he made a promise in his own name when he said to Abraham,
For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,
For God, having promised to Abraham, swore by Himself— since He had by no one greater to swear—
For God making promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom he might swear, swore by himself,
God made a promise to Abraham. And there is no one greater than God, so he made the promise with an oath in his own name—an oath that he would do what he promised.
God made a promise to Abraham many years ago. God used the authority of his own name to show that his promise was true. He did that because there was nobody greater than God himself. His name showed that the promise was very serious.
For God made a promise to Abraham, and since God had no one greater to swear by, “He swore by himself.”
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
[L For] God made a promise to Abraham. And as there is no one greater than God, he ·used himself [vowed by his own name; L swore by himself] when he swore to Abraham,
For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to swear by, he swore by himself,
God made a promise to Abraham. Since he had no one greater on whom to base his oath, he based it on himself.
When God made his promise to Abraham, he made a vow to do what he had promised. Since there was no one greater than himself, he used his own name when he made his vow.
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself:
God made a promise to Abraham. And as there is no one greater than God, he used himself when he swore to Abraham.
For when God made his promise to Abraham, he swore an oath by himself, since he had no one greater to swear by.
When God made his promise to Abraham he swore by himself, for there was no one greater by whom he could swear, and he said: ‘Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you’. And then Abraham, after patient endurance, found the promise true.
For when God promised unto Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself,
For instance, there was God’s promise to Abraham: God took an oath in his own name, since there was no one greater to swear by,
When God made his promise to Abraham, he backed it all the way, putting his own reputation on the line. He said, “I promise that I’ll bless you with everything I have—bless and bless and bless!” Abraham stuck it out and got everything that had been promised to him. When people make promises, they guarantee them by appeal to some authority above them so that if there is any question that they’ll make good on the promise, the authority will back them up. When God wanted to guarantee his promises, he gave his word, a rock-solid guarantee—God can’t break his word. And because his word cannot change, the promise is likewise unchangeable. We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It’s an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has taken up his permanent post as high priest for us, in the order of Melchizedek.
For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could vow by no one greater, He vowed by Himself,
When God made a promise to Abraham, · since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
God made a promise to Abraham. Since he had no one greater on whom to base his oath, he based it on himself.
When God made the promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, “he swore by himself,”
For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear an oath by no one greater, He swore by Himself,
For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,
When God made his promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
God made a promise to Abraham. And as there is no one greater than God, he used himself when he swore to Abraham,
Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,
When God made his promise to Abraham, God gave his word. There was no one greater than himself to promise by. So he promised by making an appeal to himself.
When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself,
When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself,
For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,
When God made a promise to Abraham, He made that promise in His own name because no one was greater.
For example, there was God’s promise to Abraham. Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying:
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater thing to swear by, he swore by himself,
When God made a promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
When God made a promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
When God made a promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
When God made a promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
When God was making his promise to Abraham, you see, he had nobody else greater than himself by whom he could swear, and so he swore by himself,
For when Hashem gave the havtachah (promise) to Avraham Avinu, als (since) Hashem had no one greater by which to make a shevu’ah (oath), Hashem made a shevu’ah by Himself, [BERESHIS 22:16]
For when God made the promise to Abraham, He swore by Himself (because He had no greater to swear by),
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
Now when God made His promise to Abraham—since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,
Remember when God made His promise to Abraham? He had to swear by Himself, there being no one greater:
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,
God made a promise to Abraham. God did not have anyone greater than himself to hear his promise.
For God promising to Abraham, for he had none greater, by whom he should swear, swore by himself,
For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself,
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