Oaths: Antiquity of

But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

…and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,

And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”