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Genesis 31:53 (NLT)

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⁵³ I call on the God of our ancestors—the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of my grandfather Nahor—to serve as a judge between us."So Jacob took an oath before the fearsome God of his father, Isaac, to respect the boundary line.

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 53) Should we take oaths? Jacob took an oath in the name of God

Definition(s):
Abraham (Ab-ra-ham): father of a great multitude
Abraham (Ehb-ra-ham): father of a great multitude
Jacob (Jeh-kobb): that supplants, undermines; the heel