0 What is the prefered way to swear in Genesis?

The breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. Isaiah 30:33

Trivia: Whose name does God have written on the palm of his hand?

What is the prefered way to swear in Genesis?


Put your hand under a thigh

And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: And ... swear by the LORD. Genesis 24:2
And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him , If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh ... And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. Genesis 47:29

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