0 What is the prefered way to swear in Genesis?

Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me. Hosea 7:13

Trivia: In chapter 9, what did Hosea ask God to the tribe of Ephraim?

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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