Genesis 22:16
and said—this is Yahweh's declaration—by myself I have sworn that because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
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15The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time from heaven
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Genesis 12:2I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
1 Chronicles 16:16He calls to mind the covenant that he made with Abraham, 1 and his oath to Isaac. 1
Isaiah 45:23By myself I swear, 1 speaking my just decree, and it will not turn back: 1 'To me every knee will bend, every tongue will swear. 1
Jeremiah 49:13For I have sworn by myself—this is Yahweh's declaration—that Bozrah will become a horror, a disgrace, a devastation, and an object for cursing. All of its cities will become devastations forever. 1
Amos 6:8“I, the Lord Yahweh, have sworn by myself 1 —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts, 1 I detest the pride of Jacob; 1 I hate his fortresses. 1 Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.”
Luke 1:73the oath that he spoke to Abraham our father. 1
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 →