Bible Verses About Oaths: Antiquity of

And he answered him: I lift up my hand to the Lord God the most high, the possessor of heaven and earth,

That I may make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that thou take not a wife for my son, of the daughters of the Chanaanites, among whom I dwell:

But if the woman will not follow thee, thou shalt not be bound by the oath: only bring not my son back thither again.