Genesis 26:31

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Early in the morning the men made a treaty with each other. Isaac sent them off; they separated on good terms.

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  • Gen 14:22 : 22 But Abram replied to the king of Sodom,“I raise my hand to the LORD, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow
  • Gen 19:2 : 2 He said,“Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning.”“No,” they replied,“we’ll spend the night in the town square.”
  • Gen 21:14 : 14 Early in the morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He put them on her shoulders, gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went wandering aimlessly through the wilderness of Beer Sheba.
  • Gen 21:23 : 23 Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”
  • Gen 21:31-32 : 31 That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there. 32 So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.
  • Gen 22:3 : 3 Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out for the place God had spoken to him about.
  • Gen 25:33 : 33 But Jacob said,“Swear an oath to me now.” So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.
  • Gen 31:44 : 44 So now, come, let’s make a formal agreement, you and I, and it will be proof that we have made peace.”
  • Gen 31:55 : 55 (32:1) Early in the morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye and blessed them. Then Laban left and returned home.
  • 1 Sam 14:24 : 24 Jonathan Violates Saul’s Oath Now the men of Israel were hard pressed that day, for Saul had made the army agree to this oath:“Cursed be the man who eats food before evening! I will get my vengeance on my enemies!” So no one in the army ate anything.
  • 1 Sam 20:3 : 3 Taking an oath, David again said,“Your father is very much aware of the fact that I have found favor with you, and he has thought,‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the LORD lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”
  • 1 Sam 20:16-17 : 16 and called David’s enemies to account.” So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David. 17 Jonathan once again took an oath with David, because he loved him. In fact Jonathan loved him as much as he did his own life.
  • 1 Sam 30:15 : 15 David said to him,“Can you take us down to this raiding party?” He said,“Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to this raiding party.”
  • Heb 6:16 : 16 For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute.

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  • Gen 26:27-30
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    83%

    27Isaac asked them,“Why have you come to me? You hate me and sent me away from you.”

    28They replied,“We could plainly see that the LORD is with you. So we decided there should be a pact between us– between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you

    29so that you will not do us any harm, just as we have not harmed you, but have always treated you well before sending you away in peace. Now you are blessed by the LORD.”

    30So Isaac held a feast for them and they celebrated.

  • Gen 24:54
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    54After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight. When they got up in the morning, he said,“Let me leave now so I can return to my master.”

  • Gen 26:32
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    32That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug.“We’ve found water,” they reported.

  • Gen 31:53-55
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    53May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor, the gods of their father, judge between us.” Jacob took an oath by the God whom his father Isaac feared.

    54Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal. They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

    55(32:1) Early in the morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye and blessed them. Then Laban left and returned home.

  • Gen 26:16-20
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    16Then Abimelech said to Isaac,“Leave us and go elsewhere, for you have become much more powerful than we are.”

    17So Isaac left there and settled in the Gerar Valley.

    18Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug back in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after Abraham died. Isaac gave these wells the same names his father had given them.

    19When Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well with fresh flowing water there,

    20the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying,“The water belongs to us!” So Isaac named the well Esek because they argued with him about it.

  • Gen 21:31-32
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    71%

    31That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

    32So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.

  • Gen 26:25
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    25Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

  • Gen 26:6
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    6So Isaac settled in Gerar.

  • Gen 24:59
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    59So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, accompanied by her female attendant, with Abraham’s servant and his men.

  • Gen 21:23-24
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    23Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”

    24Abraham said,“I swear to do this.”

  • Gen 45:24
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    24Then he sent his brothers on their way and they left. He said to them,“As you travel don’t be overcome with fear.”

  • Gen 24:61-63
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    61Then Rebekah and her female servants mounted the camels and rode away with the man. So Abraham’s servant took Rebekah and left.

    62Now Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.

    63He went out to relax in the field in the early evening. Then he looked up and saw that there were camels approaching.

  • 1 Chr 16:16
    69%

    16the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!

  • Gen 24:66
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    66The servant told Isaac everything that had happened.

  • Gen 22:3
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    3Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out for the place God had spoken to him about.

  • Gen 33:12
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    12Then Esau said,“Let’s be on our way! I will go in front of you.”

  • Gen 22:19
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    19Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out together for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed.

  • Gen 21:27
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    27Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty.

  • Gen 24:41
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    41You will be free from your oath if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.’

  • Gen 24:12
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    12He prayed,“O LORD, God of my master Abraham, guide me today. Be faithful to my master Abraham.

  • Gen 26:12
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    12When Isaac planted in that land, he reaped in the same year a hundred times what he had sown, because the LORD blessed him.

  • Gen 27:45
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    45Stay there until your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I’ll send someone to bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”

  • Judg 19:5
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    5On the fourth day they woke up early and the Levite got ready to leave. But the girl’s father said to his son-in-law,“Have a bite to eat for some energy, then you can go.”

  • Gen 27:30
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    30Isaac had just finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, when his brother Esau returned from the hunt.

  • Gen 26:1-2
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    68%

    1Isaac and Abimelech There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

    2The LORD appeared to Isaac and said,“Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.

  • Gen 25:33
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    33But Jacob said,“Swear an oath to me now.” So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.