Genesis 22:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You were willing to offer the LORD your only son, and so he makes you this solemn promise,

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will bless you and make your descendants into a great nation. You will become famous and be a blessing to others.

Genesis 22:12

“Don't hurt the boy or harm him in any way!” the angel said. “Now I know that you truly obey God, because you were willing to offer him your only son.”

Genesis 22:15

The LORD's angel called out from heaven a second time:

Genesis 22:2

The LORD said, “Go and get Isaac, your only son, the one you dearly love! Take him to the land of Moriah, and I will show you a mountain where you must sacrifice him to me on the fires of an altar.”

Genesis 26:3

You will live there as a foreigner, but I will be with you and bless you. I will keep my promise to your father Abraham by giving this land to you and your descendants.

Genesis 26:5

because Abraham did everything I told him to do.

1 Chronicles 16:16

God made an eternal promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

Psalm 105:9

God made an eternal promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

Exodus 17:16

Then Moses explained, “This is because I depended on the LORD. But in future generations, the LORD will have to fight the Amalekites again.”

Exodus 2:24

and God heard their loud cries. He did not forget the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

Exodus 32:13

Remember the solemn promise you made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You promised that some day they would have as many descendants as there are stars in the sky and that you would give them land.

Isaiah 45:23

I have made a solemn promise, one that won't be broken: everyone will bow down and worship me.

Jeremiah 22:5

But if you ignore me, I promise in my own name that this palace will lie in ruins.

Jeremiah 44:26

Keep these promises! But let me tell you what will happen. As surely as I am the LORD God, I swear that I will never again accept any promises you make in my name.

Jeremiah 49:13

I, the LORD, swear in my own name that your city of Bozrah and all your towns will suffer a horrible fate. They will lie in ruins for ever, and people will use the name “Bozrah” as a curse word.

Jeremiah 51:14

I, the LORD All-Powerful, swear by my own life that enemy soldiers will fill your streets like a swarm of locusts. They will shout and celebrate their victory.

Ezekiel 16:8

When I saw you again, you were old enough to have sex. So I covered your naked body with my own robe. Then I solemnly promised that you would belong to me and that I, the LORD God, would take care of you.

Amos 6:8

The LORD God All-Powerful has sworn by his own name: “You descendants of Jacob make me angry by your pride, and I hate your fortresses. And so I will surrender your city and possessions to your enemies.”

Micah 7:20

You will keep your word and be faithful to Jacob and to Abraham, as you promised our ancestors many years ago.

Luke 1:73

He told our ancestor Abraham