Genesis 22:16
By my own self have I sworn, saith the Lord: because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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In Context
15And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying:
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
1 Chronicles 16:16The covenant which he made with Abraham: and his oath to Isaac.
Isaiah 45:23I have sworn by myself, the word of justice shall go out of my mouth, and shall not return:
Jeremiah 49:13For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bosra shall become a desolation, and a reproach, and a desert, and a curse: and all her cities shall be everlasting wastes.
Amos 6:8The Lord God hath sworn by his own soul, saith the Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof.
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 →