Genesis 22:16
“By my own self, I have sworn, says the Lord. Because you have done this thing, and have not spared your only begotten son for my sake,
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15Then the Angel of the Lord called out to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying:
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed.
1 Chronicles 16:16the covenant that he formed with Abraham, and his oath with Isaac.
Isaiah 45:23I have sworn by myself. The Word of justice will proceed from my mouth, and it will not turn back.
Jeremiah 49:13For I have sworn by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will be a desolation, and a disgrace, and a wasteland, and a curse. And all her cities will be a perpetual wilderness.
Amos 6:8The Lord God has sworn by his own soul, the Lord God of hosts says: I detest the arrogance of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will hand over the city with its inhabitants.
Luke 1:73the oath, which he swore to Abraham, our father, that he would grant to us,
Matthew Henry on Genesis 22:16-20
Abraham's Blessing Confirmed. ( b. c. 1872.) 15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord , for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of… Read the whole commentary →