Genesis 21:23
and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.'Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
Ko hai
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- נִיןnîynprogeny
- נֶכֶדnekedoffspring
- שָׁקַרshâqarto cheat, i.e. be untrue (usually in words)
- הֵנָּהhênnâhhither or thither (but used both of place and time)
- שָׁבַעshâbaʻto seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
- חֵסֵדchêçêdkindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
+lea 'e 1 kehe 'i he veesi ni
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