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swear: Heb. lift up my hand, The ancient mode of appealing to God was by lifting up the right hand, and was considered as a form of swearing. Hence yamin, in Hebrew the right hand, is in Arabic an oath, and as a verb, to take an oath. A similar custom prevailed among the heathens. See Virg. Æn. 1. xii. v. 196. Gen 14:22; Deu 32:40; Eze 20:5-6, Eze 20:15, Eze 20:23, Eze 20:28, Eze 20:42, Eze 36:7, Eze 47:14
to give: Exo 32:13; Gen 15:18, Gen 22:16-17, Gen 26:3, Gen 28:13, Gen 35:12
I am: Exo 6:2; Num 23:19; 1Sa 15:29