Genesis 22:16

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and said, 'By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

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  • Ps 105:9 : 9 The covenant He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac.
  • Luke 1:73 : 73 the oath that He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us:
  • Rom 4:13-14 : 13 For the promise to Abraham or his descendants that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if those who are of the law inherit, faith is made void, and the promise is nullified.
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
  • Jer 49:13 : 13 For by myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a horror, a disgrace, a waste, and a curse. All her cities will become perpetual ruins.
  • Jer 51:14 : 14 The Lord of Hosts has sworn by Himself, 'Surely, I will fill you with men as numerous as locusts, and they will raise a shout of triumph over you.'
  • Isa 45:23 : 23 By myself I have sworn; my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow, by me every tongue will swear.
  • Heb 6:13-14 : 13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, 14 saying, 'Surely I will bless you abundantly and multiply your descendants greatly.'
  • Amos 6:8 : 8 The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—this is the declaration of the LORD, the God of Hosts: 'I detest the pride of Jacob and hate his fortresses, so I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.'

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  • Gen 22:7-15
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    83%

    7Isaac spoke to his father Abraham, 'My father!' 'Here I am, my son,' Abraham replied. Isaac said, 'The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?'

    8Abraham answered, 'God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.' And the two of them walked on together.

    9When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there, arranged the wood on it, bound his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

    10Then Abraham reached out his hand, took the knife, and prepared to slaughter his son.

    11But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, 'Abraham! Abraham!' And he replied, 'Here I am.'

    12The angel said, 'Do not lay a hand on the boy. Do not harm him in any way, for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.'

    13Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he went and took the ram, and he offered it as a burnt offering instead of his son.

    14And Abraham named that place 'The LORD Will Provide,' as it is said to this day, 'On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.'

    15Then the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven,

  • Gen 22:1-2
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    1After these events, God tested Abraham and said to him, 'Abraham!' And he replied, 'Here I am.'

    2Then God said, 'Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.'

  • Gen 21:23-24
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    23Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me, my children, or my descendants. Show to me and the land where you have lived the same kindness I have shown to you.

    24Abraham said, 'I swear it.'

  • Heb 6:13-14
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    13For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

    14saying, 'Surely I will bless you abundantly and multiply your descendants greatly.'

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his only son,

    18even though it was said to him, 'Through Isaac your descendants will be named.'

  • 1 Chr 16:16
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    16The covenant he made with Abraham, and the oath he swore to Isaac.

  • Gen 17:19
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    19Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

  • Gen 26:3
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    3Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your descendants and will fulfill the oath I swore to Abraham your father.

  • Gen 22:17-18
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    17I will surely bless you and will greatly multiply your offspring like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore, and your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.

    18And through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.'

  • Gen 17:9
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    9Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.

  • Exod 32:13
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    13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants to whom you swore by yourself: 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and they shall inherit it forever.'

  • Gen 24:8-9
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    8If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. But do not take my son back there."

    9So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

  • Ps 105:9
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    9The covenant He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac.

  • Gen 24:3
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    3I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living.

  • Gen 17:21
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    21But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.

  • Gen 17:4
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    4"As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

  • Luke 1:73
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    73the oath that He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us:

  • Gen 26:5
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    5This is because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My instructions.

  • Gen 21:12
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    12But God said to Abraham, 'Do not be distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.'

  • Gen 28:13
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    13And there was the Lord standing above it, and He said, 'I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying, I will give to you and to your descendants.'

  • Gen 14:22
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    22But Abram said to the king of Sodom, 'I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

  • Gen 18:19
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    19For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what He has promised him.

  • Ps 89:35
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    35I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that has gone out of my lips.

  • Gen 17:2
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    2I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will greatly multiply you.

  • Gen 24:6
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    6Abraham said to him, "Make sure that you do not take my son back there.

  • Isa 45:23
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    23By myself I have sworn; my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow, by me every tongue will swear.