and she said to the men, I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
"Swear unto me by Jehovah   ..." "The words here refer to an unwritten promised agreement, as distinguished from a written covenant,"[23] but it was of a kind that both parties accepted as absolutely valid and binding upon them both.