Hebrews 6:16NET Bible
For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute.
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Genesis 1:16
God made two great lights--the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.
Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more shrewd than any of the wild animals that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Is it really true that God said, 'You must not eat from any tree of the orchard'?"
Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of both of them opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
Genesis 3:17
But to Adam he said, "Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Genesis 4:26
And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people began to worship the LORD.