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raised his hand
The word "his" refers to Yahweh. Also, it was custom to raise a hand when swearing an oath.
scatter their descendants ... in foreign lands
These two phrases have basically the same meaning and are used together for emphasis. AT: "and that he would make their descendants live in foreign lands" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
scatter
This means to disperse or spread out something.