Genesis 22:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And said, By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, 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 which He swore to our father Abraham:
  • Rom 4:13-14 : 13 For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise nullified.
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
  • Jer 49:13 : 13 For I have sworn by myself, says the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all its cities shall be perpetual wastes.
  • Jer 51:14 : 14 The LORD of hosts has sworn by Himself, saying, Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts; and they shall lift up a shout against you.
  • Isa 45:23 : 23 I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
  • Heb 6:13-14 : 13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, 14 Saying, 'Surely, blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.'
  • Amos 6:8 : 8 The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself, says the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.

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    7And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here I am, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?

    8And Abraham said, My son, God will provide for Himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

    9And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

    10And Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

    11And the angel of the LORD called to him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here I am.

    12And he said, Do not lay your hand upon the boy, nor do anything to him: for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son from me.

    13And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

    14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

    15And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham out of heaven the second time,

  • Gen 22:1-2
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    1And it happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

    2And He said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah; and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.

  • Gen 21:23-24
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    23Now therefore swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have sojourned.

    24And Abraham said, I will swear.

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

    14Saying, 'Surely, blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.'

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

    18of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

  • 1 Chr 16:16
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    16Even the covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • Gen 17:19
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    19And God said, Sarah your wife shall indeed bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.

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

  • Gen 22:17-18
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    17That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;

    18And in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.

  • Gen 17:9
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    9And God said to Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you and your descendants after you in their generations.

  • Exod 32:13
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    13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.'"

  • Gen 24:8-9
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    8And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there."

    9So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

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    9The covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

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    3and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.

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

  • Gen 17:4
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    4As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

  • Luke 1:73
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    73The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:

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    5Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

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    12But God said to Abraham, Do not let it be grievous in your sight because of the lad and because of your bondwoman. In all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac shall your seed be called.

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    13And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land where you lie, I will give to you and to your descendants;

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    22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth,

  • Gen 18:19
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    19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoken of him.

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    35Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.

  • Gen 17:2
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    2And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.

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

  • Isa 45:23
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    23I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.