“For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,”
When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself — the divine promise to Abraham is secured by God's oath. The oath's uniqueness lies in its object: God swears by himself, the only being greater than himself. God's self-oath is the strongest possible guarantee.
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