Genesis 26:31
Arising in the morning, they swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away peaceably to their own home.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
30And he made them a feast, and after they had eaten and drunk:
Cross References
Genesis 14:22And he answered him: I lift up my hand to the Lord God the most high, the possessor of heaven and earth,
Genesis 21:14So Abraham rose up in the morning, and taking bread and a bottle of water, put it upon her shoulder, and delivered the boy, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Bersabee.
Genesis 21:27And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech: and both of them made a league.
Genesis 22:3So Abraham rising up in the night, saddled his ass: and took with him two young men, and Isaac his son: and when he had cut wood for the holocaust he went his way to the place which God had commanded him.
Genesis 31:44Come therefore, let us enter into a league: that it may be for a testimony between me and thee.
1 Samuel 14:24And the men of Israel were joined together that day; and Saul adjured the people, saying: Cursed be the man that shall eat food till evening, till I be revenged of my enemies. So none of the people tasted any food:
Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:27-34
Isaac's Covenant with Abimelech. ( b. c. 1760.) 26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. 27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? 28 And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; 29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as… Read the whole commentary →