Genesis 22:16

Webster's Bible (1833)

and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, 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 which he made with Abraham, His oath to Isaac,
  • Luke 1:73 : 73 The oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father,
  • Rom 4:13-14 : 13 For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn't 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 is made of no effect.
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
  • Jer 49:13 : 13 For I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities of it shall be perpetual wastes.
  • Jer 51:14 : 14 Yahweh of Hosts has sworn by himself, [saying], Surely I will fill you with men, as with the canker-worm; and they shall lift up a shout against you.
  • Isa 45:23 : 23 By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from 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, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself, 14 saying, "Most surely I will bless you, and I will surely multiply you."
  • Amos 6:8 : 8 "The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself," says Yahweh, the God of hosts: "I abhor the pride of Jacob, And detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.

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

    8Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they both went together.

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

    10Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.

    11The angel of Yahweh called to him out of the sky, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."

    12He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."

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

    14Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh-Jireh.{"Yahweh-Jireh" means "Yahweh is my provider."} As it is said to this day, "In Yahweh's mountain it will be provided.

    15The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,

  • Gen 22:1-2
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    1It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."

    2He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for 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 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."

  • Heb 6:13-14
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    13For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,

    14saying, "Most surely I will bless you, and I will surely multiply you."

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;

    18even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"

  • 1 Chr 16:16
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    16[The covenant] which he made with Abraham, His oath to Isaac,

  • Gen 17:19
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    19God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac.{Isaac means "he laughs."} I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

  • Gen 26:3
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    3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish 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 seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.

    18In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."

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    9God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.

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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 seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"

  • Gen 24:8-9
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    8If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again."

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    9The covenant which he made with Abraham, His oath to Isaac,

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    3I 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.

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    21But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time in the next year."

  • Gen 17:4
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    4"As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

  • Luke 1:73
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    73The oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father,

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

  • Gen 21:12
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    12God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.

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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.

  • Gen 14:22
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    22Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

  • Gen 18:19
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    19For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."

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

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    2I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."

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    6Abraham said to him, "Beware that you don't bring my son there again.

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    23By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.