Genesis 22:16

New Century Version

and said, “The Lord says, ‘Because you did not keep back your son, your only son, from me, I make you this promise by my own name:

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you. I will make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.

Genesis 22:12

The angel said, “Don’t kill your son or hurt him in any way. Now I can see that you trust God and that you have not kept your son, your only son, from me.”

Genesis 22:15

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

Genesis 22:2

Then God said, “Take your only son, Isaac, the son you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Kill him there and offer him as a whole burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”

Genesis 26:3

Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I will give you and your descendants all these lands, and I will keep the oath I made to Abraham your father.

Genesis 26:5

I will do this because your father Abraham obeyed me. He did what I said and obeyed my commands, my teachings, and my rules.”

1 Chronicles 16:16

He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham and the promise he made to Isaac.

Psalm 105:9

He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham and the promise he made to Isaac.

Exodus 17:16

Moses said, “I lifted my hands toward the Lord’s throne. The Lord will fight against the Amalekites forever.”

Exodus 2:24

God heard their cries, and he remembered the agreement he had made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Exodus 32:13

Remember the men who served you—Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. You promised with an oath to them and said, ‘I will make your descendants as many as the stars in the sky. I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised them, and it will be theirs forever.’ ”

Isaiah 45:23

I will make a promise by my own power, and my promise is true; what I say will not be changed. I promise that everyone will bow before me and will promise to follow me.

Jeremiah 22:5

But if you don’t obey these commands, says the Lord, I swear by my own name that this king’s palace will become a ruin.’ ”

Jeremiah 44:26

But hear the word of the Lord. Listen, all you Jews living in Egypt. The Lord says, ‘I have sworn by my great name: The people of Judah now living in Egypt will never again use my name to make promises. They will never again say in Egypt, “As surely as the Lord God lives . . . ”

Jeremiah 49:13

The Lord says, “I swear by my own name that the city of Bozrah will become a pile of ruins! People will be shocked by what happened there. They will insult that city and speak evil of it. And all the towns around it will become ruins forever.”

Jeremiah 51:14

The Lord All-Powerful has promised in his own name: ‘Babylon, I will surely fill you with so many enemy soldiers they will be like a swarm of locusts. They will stand over you and shout their victory.’

Ezekiel 16:8

“ ‘Later when I passed by you and looked at you, I saw that you were old enough for love. So I spread my robe over you and covered your nakedness. I also made a promise to you and entered into an agreement with you so that you became mine, says the Lord God.

Amos 6:8

The Lord God made this promise; the Lord God All-Powerful says: “I hate the pride of the Israelites, and I hate their strong buildings, so I will let the enemy take the city and everything in it.”

Micah 7:20

You will be true to the people of Jacob, and you will be kind to the people of Abraham as you promised to our ancestors long ago.

Luke 1:73

God promised Abraham, our father,