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Genesis 22:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

and said, ‘By myself I have sworn,’  this is the Lord’s declaration: ‘Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son,

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the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant that we,


The Lord of Armies has sworn by himself: I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will sing the victory song over you.


For by myself I have sworn’   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘Bozrah  will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and an example for cursing, and all its surrounding cities will become ruins for ever.’


By myself I have sworn; truth has gone from my mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow  to me, every tongue will swear allegiance.


I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.


The Lord God has sworn by himself   #– #this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Armies: I loathe Jacob’s pride and hate his citadels, so I will hand over the city  and everything in it.


‘Take your son,’ he said, ‘your only son Isaac, whom you love,  go to the land of Moriah,  and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.’


Then he said, ‘Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.’


Then the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven


stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you.  For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring,  and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.


because Abraham listened to me and kept my mandate, my commands, my statutes, and my instructions.’


God heard their groaning, and God remembered  his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.


He said, ‘Indeed, my hand is lifted up towards  the Lord’s throne. The Lord will be at war with Amalek from generation to generation.’


Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel #– #you swore to them by yourself  and declared, “I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and will give your offspring all this land that I have promised, and they will inherit it for ever.” ’


the covenant he made with Abraham, swore  to Isaac,


But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by myself   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #that this house will become a ruin.” ’


‘Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, all you Judeans who live in the land of Egypt: “I have sworn by my great name,  says the Lord, that my name will never again be invoked by anyone of Judah in all the land of Egypt,  saying, ‘As the Lord God lives.’


‘ “Then I passed by you and saw you, and you were indeed at the age for love. So I spread the edge of my garment over you and covered your nakedness.  I pledged myself to you,  entered into a covenant with you #– #this is the declaration of the Lord God  #– #and you became mine.


You will show loyalty to Jacob and faithful love to Abraham, as you swore to our ancestors from days long ago.





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