Genesis 26:28
They said, “We saw plainly that the Lord was with you, so we said, ‘Let there now be a sworn treaty between us – let us make a covenant with you –
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
In Context
27Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hated me and have driven me away from you?”
Cross References
Genesis 21:23Now therefore take an oath to me here by God that you will not be false to me, nor to my son nor to my descendants; but that you will treat me and the land you have stayed in according to the kindness which I have shown you.”
Genesis 24:3while I make you promise by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not let my son marry one of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,
Genesis 31:44Come, let us make a covenant, I and you, and let there be a witness between me and you.”
Genesis 39:5From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s household for Joseph’s sake, and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house and in the field.
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 →