Genesis 26:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.

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  • Gen 14:22 : 22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,
  • Gen 19:2 : 2 And he said, My masters, come now into your servant's house and take your rest there for the night, and let your feet be washed; and early in the morning you may go on your way. And they said, Not so, but we will take our night's rest in the street.
  • Gen 21:14 : 14 And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba.
  • Gen 21:23 : 23 Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.
  • Gen 21:31-32 : 31 So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths. 32 So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.
  • Gen 22:3 : 3 And Abraham got up early in the morning, and made ready his ass, and took with him two of his young men and Isaac, his son, and after the wood for the burned offering had been cut, he went on his way to the place of which God had given him word.
  • Gen 25:33 : 33 And Jacob said, First of all give me your oath; and he gave him his oath, handing over his birthright to Jacob.
  • Gen 31:44 : 44 Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.
  • Gen 31:55 : 55 And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country.
  • 1 Sam 14:24 : 24 And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food before evening comes and I have given punishment to those who are against me. So the people had not a taste of food.
  • 1 Sam 20:3 : 3 But David took his oath again and said, Your father sees that I am dear to you; so he says to himself, Let Jonathan have no idea of this, for it will be a grief to him; but as the Lord is living, and as your soul is living, there is only a step between me and death.
  • 1 Sam 20:16-17 : 16 And if it comes about that the name of Jonathan is cut off from the family of David, the Lord will make David responsible. 17 And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul.
  • 1 Sam 30:15 : 15 And David said to him, Will you take me down to this band? And he said, If you give me your oath that you will not put me to death or give me up to my master, I will take you to them.
  • Heb 6:16 : 16 For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.

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  • Gen 26:27-30
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    27 And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that in your hate for me you sent me away from you?

    28 And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;

    29 That you will do us no damage, even as we put no hand on you, and did you nothing but good, and sent you away in peace: and now the blessing of the Lord is on you.

    30 Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.

  • Gen 24:54
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    54 Then he and the men who were with him had food and drink, and took their rest there that night; and in the morning he got up, and said, Let me now go back to my master.

  • Gen 26:32
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    32 And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.

  • Gen 31:53-55
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    53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.

    54 And Jacob made an offering on the mountain, and gave orders to his people to take food: so they had a meal and took their rest that night on the mountain.

    55 And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country.

  • Gen 26:16-20
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    16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are.

    17 So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.

    18 And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.

    19 Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water.

    20 But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.

  • Gen 21:31-32
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    31 So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.

    32 So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.

  • Gen 26:25
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    25 Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.

  • Gen 26:6
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    6 So Isaac went on living in Gerar;

  • Gen 24:59
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    59 So they sent their sister Rebekah and her servant with Abraham's servant and his men.

  • Gen 21:23-24
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    23 Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.

    24 And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.

  • Gen 45:24
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    24 And he sent his brothers on their way, and said to them, See that you have no argument on the road.

  • Gen 24:61-63
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    61 So Rebekah and her servant-women went with the man, seated on the camels; and so the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.

    62 Now Isaac had come through the waste land to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the South.

    63 And when the evening was near, he went wandering out into the fields, and lifting up his eyes he saw camels coming.

  • 1 Chr 16:16
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    16 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • Gen 24:66
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    66 Then the servant gave Isaac the story of all he had done.

  • Gen 22:3
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    3 And Abraham got up early in the morning, and made ready his ass, and took with him two of his young men and Isaac, his son, and after the wood for the burned offering had been cut, he went on his way to the place of which God had given him word.

  • Gen 33:12
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    12 And he said, Let us go on our journey together, and I will go in front.

  • Gen 22:19
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    19 Then Abraham went back to his young men and they went together to Beer-sheba, the place where Abraham was living.

  • Gen 21:27
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    27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together.

  • Gen 24:41
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    41 And you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from your oath.

  • Gen 24:12
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    12 And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham.

  • Gen 26:12
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    12 Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.

  • Gen 27:45
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    45 Till the memory of what you have done to him is past and he is no longer angry: then I will send word for you to come back; are the two of you to be taken from me in one day?

  • Judg 19:5
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    5 Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning and he made ready to go away; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, Take a little food to keep up your strength, and then go on your way.

  • Gen 27:30
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    30 And when Isaac had come to the end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had not long gone away from Isaac his father, Esau came in from the field.

  • Gen 26:1-2
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    1 Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

    2 And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:

  • Gen 25:33
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    33 And Jacob said, First of all give me your oath; and he gave him his oath, handing over his birthright to Jacob.