Genesis 26:28

World English Bible (2000)

They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,

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  • Gen 21:22-23 : 22 It happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do. 23 Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner."
  • Gen 21:31-32 : 31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there. 32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
  • Gen 24:3 : 3 I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
  • Gen 24:41 : 41 Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don't give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.'
  • Gen 31:49-53 : 49 and Mizpah, for he said, "Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another. 50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you." 51 Laban said to Jacob, "See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you. 52 May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.
  • Gen 39:5 : 5 It happened from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Yahweh was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.
  • Josh 3:7 : 7 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
  • 2 Chr 1:1 : 1 Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Yahweh his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
  • Isa 45:14 : 14 Thus says Yahweh: "The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains; and they will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: 'Surely God is in you; and there is none else. There is no other god.
  • Isa 60:14 : 14 The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending to you; and all those who despised you shall bow themselves down at the soles of your feet; and they shall call you The city of Yahweh, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 61:6 : 6 But you shall be named the priests of Yahweh; men will call you the ministers of our God: you will eat the wealth of the nations, and you will boast in their glory.
  • Isa 61:9 : 9 Their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Yahweh has blessed."
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
  • 1 Cor 14:25 : 25 And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed. So he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.
  • Heb 6:16 : 16 For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you."

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    29that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.' You are now the blessed of Yahweh."

    30He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

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  • Gen 31:44
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    44Now come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you."

  • Gen 26:27
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    27Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?"

  • Josh 2:17
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    17The men said to her, "We will be guiltless of this your oath which you have made us to swear.

  • 1 Chr 16:16-17
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    16[the covenant] which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac.

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  • Num 10:31-32
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    31He said, "Don't leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes.

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  • Gen 26:24
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    24Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham's sake."

  • Gen 26:2-3
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    2Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don't go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.

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  • Deut 29:12-14
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    12that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you this day;

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    9the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,

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    6They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, "We have come from a far country. Now therefore make a covenant with us."

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    53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.

  • 1 Sam 20:23
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    23Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, Yahweh is between you and me forever."

  • Gen 21:22-24
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    22It happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do.

    23Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner."

    24Abraham said, "I will swear."

  • Gen 44:7
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    7They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!

  • Josh 22:27-28
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    27but it will be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may perform the service of Yahweh before him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings;' that your children may not tell our children in time to come, 'You have no portion in Yahweh.'

    28"Therefore we said, 'It shall be, when they tell us or our generations this in time to come, that we shall say, "Behold the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you."'

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    13Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.

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    29He said to him, "You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.

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    10The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "Yahweh shall be witness between us; surely according to your word so will we do."

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    12Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token;

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  • Gen 21:27
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    27Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.

  • Gen 24:41
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    12Esau said, "Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you."

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    16Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go from us, for you are much mightier than we."

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    5Then they said to Jeremiah, Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don't do according to all the word with which Yahweh your God shall send you to us.

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    50Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can't speak to you bad or good.

  • Gen 22:16
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    16and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,