¹¹ When we heard it, ^(A)our hearts melted and no ^[a]courage remained in any man any longer because of you; for the ^(B)Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath. ¹² Now therefore, please swear to me by the Lord, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s household, and give me a ^(C)pledge of ^[b]truth, ¹³ and ^[c]spare my father and my mother and my brothers and my sisters, with all who belong to them, and deliver our ^[d]lives from death.”