Genesis 26:28
“Now we realize that the Lord is with you,” they replied. “So we agreed that we should make a sworn agreement with you.
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27“Why have you come to see me?” Isaac asked them. “Previously you hated me and told me to leave!”
Cross References
Genesis 21:23“So swear to me right here and now that you won't betray me, my children, or my descendants. In the same way I've proved I'm trustworthy to you, do the same to me and my country where you're currently living.”
Genesis 24:3and swear an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you won't arrange for my son to marry any daughter of the these Canaanite people that I'm living among.
Genesis 31:44So let's make a solemn agreement between you and I, and it will be a witness to our mutual commitment.”
Genesis 39:5From the time he put Joseph in charge and trusted him with all he had, the Lord blessed Potiphar's household because of Joseph. The Lord blessed everything he had, whether in his house or in his fields.
1 Samuel 18:28Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal was in love with David,
2 Chronicles 15:9Then Asa summoned all of Judah and Benjamin, along with those Israelites from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were living among them, for many people had deserted Israel and come over to Asa when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
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 →