¹⁶ and said: "By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son--

¹⁶ and said, "By myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

¹⁶ and said, "I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

¹⁶ Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,