Genesis 26:28 Cross References

Genesis 26:28

28: They replied, "We can plainly see that the LORD is with you. So we decided we should have a treaty, a covenant between us.

About this time, Abimelech came with Phicol, his army commander, to visit Abraham. "It is clear that God helps you in everything you do," Abimelech said.
"Swear to me in God's name that you won't deceive me, my children, or my grandchildren. I have been loyal to you, so now swear that you will be loyal to me and to this country in which you are living."

From the day Joseph was put in charge, the LORD began to bless Potiphar for Joseph's sake. All his household affairs began to run smoothly, and his crops and livestock flourished.

So ever since, that place has been known as Beersheba--"well of the oath"--because that was where they had sworn an oath.
After making their covenant, Abimelech left with Phicol, the commander of his army, and they returned home to the land of the Philistines.

This is what the LORD says: "The Egyptians, Ethiopians, and Sabeans will be subject to you. They will come to you with all their merchandise, and it will all be yours. They will follow you as prisoners in chains. They will fall to their knees in front of you and say, `God is with you, and he is the only God.'"

Their descendants will be known and honored among the nations. Everyone will realize that they are a people the LORD has blessed."

The LORD told Joshua, "Today I will begin to make you great in the eyes of all the Israelites. Now they will know that I am with you, just as I was with Moses.

What can we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?

But if you go to my relatives and they refuse to let her come, you will be free from your oath.'

"The children of your tormentors will come and bow before you. Those who despised you will kiss your feet. They will call you the City of the LORD, and Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Stay away from the love of money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, "I will never fail you. I will never forsake you."

This place was also called Mizpah, for Laban said, "May the LORD keep watch between us to make sure that we keep this treaty when we are out of each other's sight.
I won't know about it if you are harsh to my daughters or if you take other wives, but God will see it.
This heap of stones and this pillar
stand between us as a witness of our vows. I will not cross this line to harm you, and you will not cross it to harm me.
I call on the God of our ancestors--the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of my grandfather Nahor--to punish either one of us who harms the other." So Jacob took an oath before the awesome God of his father, Isaac, to respect the boundary line.

Solomon, the son of King David, now took firm control of the kingdom, for the LORD his God was with him and made him very powerful.

You will be called priests of the LORD, ministers of our God. You will be fed with the treasures of the nations and will boast in their riches.

When people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding.

"Swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not let my son marry one of these local Canaanite women.

As they listen, their secret thoughts will be laid bare, and they will fall down on their knees and worship God, declaring, "God is really here among you."

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