Genesis 26:28

Geneva Bible (1560)

Who answered, Wee sawe certainely that the Lorde was with thee, and wee thought thus, Let there be nowe an othe betweene vs, euen betweene vs and thee, and let vs make a couenant with thee.

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  • Gen 21:22-23 : 22 And at that same time Abimelech and Phichol his chief captaine spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest. 23 Nowe therefore sweare vnto me here by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my children, nor my childrens children: thou shalt deale with me, and with the countrey, where thou hast bene a stranger, according vnto the kindnesse that I haue shewed thee.
  • Gen 21:31-32 : 31 Wherefore the place is called Beer-sheba, because there they both sware. 32 Thus made they a couenant at Beer-sheba: afterward Abimelech and Phichol his chiefe captaine rose vp, and turned againe vnto the land of the Philistims.
  • Gen 24:3 : 3 And I will make thee sweare by ye Lorde God of the heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites among who I dwel.
  • Gen 24:41 : 41 Then shalt thou be discharged of mine othe, when thou commest to my kinred: and if they giue thee not one, thou shalt be free from mine othe.
  • Gen 31:49-53 : 49 Also he called it Mizpah, because he said, The Lorde looke betweene me and thee, when we shalbe departed one from another, 50 If thou shalt vexe my daughters, or shalt take wiues beside my daughters: there is no man with vs, beholde, God is witnesse betweene me and thee. 51 Moreouer Laban sayd to Iaakob, Beholde this heape, and behold the pillar, which I haue set betweene me and thee, 52 This heape shall be witnesse, and the pillar shall be witnesse, that I will not come ouer this heape to thee, and that thou shalt not passe ouer this heape and this pillar vnto me for euill. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nabor, and the God of their father be iudge betweene vs: But Iaakob sware by the feare of his father Izhak.
  • Gen 39:5 : 5 And from that time that he had made him ruler ouer his house and ouer all that he had, the Lorde blessed the Egyptians house for Iosephs sake: and the blessing of the Lorde was vpon all that he had in the house, and in the fielde.
  • Josh 3:7 : 7 Then the Lorde saide vnto Ioshua, This day will I begin to magnifie thee in the sight of all Israel, which shall knowe, that as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee.
  • 2 Chr 1:1 : 1 Then Salomon the sonne of Dauid was confirmed in his kingdome: and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him highly.
  • Isa 45:14 : 14 Thus sayth the Lorde, The labour of Egypt, and the marchandise of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of stature shall come vnto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall followe thee, and shall goe in chaines: they shall fall downe before thee, and make supplication vnto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee, and there is none other God besides.
  • Isa 60:14 : 14 The sonnes also of them that afflicted thee, shall come and bowe vnto thee: and all they that despised thee, shall fall downe at the soles of thy feete: and they shall call thee, The citie of the Lord, Zion of the Holy one of Israel.
  • Isa 61:6 : 6 But ye shall be named the Priestes of the Lord, and men shall say vnto you, The ministers of our God, Ye shall eate the riches of the Gentiles, and shalbe exalted with their glorie.
  • Isa 61:9 : 9 And their seede shall be knowen among the Gentiles, and their buddes among the people. All that see them, shall know them, that they are the seede which the Lord hath blessed.
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What shall we then say to these thinges? If God be on our side, who can be against vs?
  • 1 Cor 14:25 : 25 And so are the secrets of his heart made manifest, and so he will fall downe on his face and worship God, and say plainely that God is in you in deede.
  • Heb 6:16 : 16 For men verely sweare by him that is greater then themselues, and an othe for confirmation is among them an ende of all strife.
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your conuersation be without couetousnesse, and be content with those things that ye haue, for he hath said,

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  • Gen 26:29-31
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    29If thou shalt do vs no hurt, as we haue not touched thee, and as we haue done vnto thee nothing but good, and sent thee away in peace: thou nowe, the blessed of the Lord, doe this.

    30Then hee made them a feast, and they dyd eate and drinke.

    31And they rose vp betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: then Izhak let them go, and they departed from him in peace.

  • Gen 31:44
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    44Nowe therefore come and let vs make a couenant, I and thou, which may be a witnes betweene me and thee.

  • Gen 26:27
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    27To whom Izhak sayd, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate mee and haue put mee away from you?

  • Josh 2:17
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    17And the men said vnto her, We will be blamelesse of this thine othe, which thou hast made vs sweare.

  • 1 Chr 16:16-17
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    16Which he made with Abraham, and his othe to Izhak:

    17And hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a Law, & to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

  • Num 10:31-32
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    31Then he sayd, I pray thee, leaue vs not: for thou knowest our camping places in the wildernesse: therefore thou mayest be our guide.

    32And if thou go with vs, what goodnes the Lord shall shew vnto vs, the same will we shewe vnto thee.

  • Gen 26:24
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    24And the Lord appeared vnto him the same night, and sayde, I am the God of Abraham thy father: feare not, for I am with thee, and wil blesse thee, and will multiplie thy seede for my seruant Abrahams sake.

  • Gen 26:2-3
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    2For the Lord appeared vnto him, and sayde, Goe not downe into Egypt, but abide in the land which I shall shewe vnto thee.

    3Dwell in this lande, and I will be with thee, and will blesse thee: for to thee, and to thy seede I will giue all these countreys: and I will performe the othe which I sware vnto Abraham thy father.

  • Deut 29:12-14
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    12That thou shouldest passe into the couenant of the Lord thy God, & into his othe which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day,

    13For to establish thee this day a people vnto him selfe, and that he may be vnto thee a God, as he hath said vnto thee, and as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob.

    14Neither make I this couenant, & this othe with you onely,

  • Ps 105:9
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    9Euen that which he made with Abraham, and his othe vnto Izhak:

  • Josh 9:6
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    6So they came vnto Ioshua into the hoste to Gilgal, and said vnto him, and vnto the men of Israel, Wee be come from a farre countrey: nowe therefore make a league with vs.

  • Gen 31:53
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    53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nabor, and the God of their father be iudge betweene vs: But Iaakob sware by the feare of his father Izhak.

  • 1 Sam 20:23
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    23As touching the thing which thou and I haue spoken of, beholde, the Lorde be betweene thee and me for euer.

  • Gen 21:22-24
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    22And at that same time Abimelech and Phichol his chief captaine spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.

    23Nowe therefore sweare vnto me here by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my children, nor my childrens children: thou shalt deale with me, and with the countrey, where thou hast bene a stranger, according vnto the kindnesse that I haue shewed thee.

    24Then Abraham said, I will sweare.

  • Gen 44:7
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    7And they answered him, Wherefore sayeth my lorde such wordes? God forbid that thy seruants should do such a thing.

  • Josh 22:27-28
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    27But it shall be a witnesse betweene vs and you, and betweene our generations after vs, to execute the seruice of the Lorde before him in our burnt offerings, and in our sacrifices, and in our peace offerings, and that your children should not say to our children in time to come, Ye haue no part in the Lord.

    28Therefore said we, If so be that they should so say to vs or to our generations in time to come, then will we answere, Beholde the facion of the altar of the Lorde, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice, but it is a witnesse betweene vs and you.

  • Gen 28:13
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    13And behold, the Lord stoode aboue it, & sayd, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Izhak: the land, vpon the which thou sleepest, wil I giue thee and thy seede.

  • Gen 30:29
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    29But he sayd vnto him, Thou knowest, what seruice I haue done thee, and in what taking thy cattell hath bene vnder me.

  • Judg 11:10
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    10And the Elders of Gilead saide to Iphtah, The Lorde be witnesse betweene vs, if we doe not according to thy wordes.

  • Josh 2:12
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    12Now therefore, I pray you, sweare vnto me by the Lord; that as I haue shewed you mercie, ye will also shewe mercie vnto my fathers house, and giue me a true token,

  • Josh 9:11
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    11Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our countrey spake to vs, saying, Take vitailes with you for the iourney, and go to meete them, and say vnto them, Wee are your seruants: now therefore make ye a league with vs.

  • Gen 28:4
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    4And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee & to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger,) which God gaue vnto Abraham.

  • Gen 21:27
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    27Then Abraham tooke sheepe and beeues, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: and they two made a couenant.

  • Gen 24:41
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    41Then shalt thou be discharged of mine othe, when thou commest to my kinred: and if they giue thee not one, thou shalt be free from mine othe.

  • 1 Sam 25:16
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    16They were as a wall vnto vs both by night & by day, all the while we were with them keeping sheepe.

  • Gen 33:12
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    12And he saide, Let vs take our iourney and go, and I will goe before thee.

  • Gen 28:15
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    15And lo, I am with thee, and wil keepe thee whithersoeuer thou goest, and will bring thee againe into this lande: for I will not forsake thee vntill I haue performed that, that I haue promised thee.

  • Gen 26:16
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    16Then Abimelech sayde vnto Izhak, Get thee from vs, for thou art mightier then wee a great deale.

  • Jer 42:5
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    5Then they said to Ieremiah, The Lord be a witnesse of trueth, and faith betweene vs, if we doe not, euen according to all things for ye which the Lord thy God shall send thee to vs.

  • Exod 24:7
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    7After he tooke the booke of the couenant, and read it in the audience of the people: who said, All that the Lord hath said, we will do, and be obedient.

  • Gen 24:50
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    50Then answered Laban and Bethuel, and said, This thing is proceeded of the Lorde: we cannot therefore say vnto thee, neither euill nor good.

  • Gen 22:16
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    16And saide, By my selfe haue I sworne (saith ye Lord) because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine onely sonne,