Genesis 26:31

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Cross-references

• Genesis 21:31-32 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
• Genesis 25:33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
• Genesis 31:44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
• 1 Samuel 20:16-17 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David’s enemies.
• 1 Samuel 30:15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deli…
• Hebrews 6:16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
• Genesis 14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
• Genesis 19:2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall ris…

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Commentary

Dictionary and topics

• Abimelech — My father a king, or father of a king, a common name of the Philistine kings, as “Pharaoh” was of the Egyptian kings. (1.) The Philistine king of Gerar in the time of Abraham (Gen. 20:1-18). By an…
• Beersheba — Well of the oath, or well of seven, a well dug by Abraham, and so named because he and Abimelech here entered into a compact (Gen. 21:31). On re-opening it, Isaac gave it the same name (Gen.…
• Alliances · .By oaths — .By oaths
• Contracts · By oaths — By oaths
• Covenant · .Abimelech and — .Abimelech and
• Covenants · Conditions of: Conformed by oath — Conditions of: Conformed by oath
• Diplomacy · .Of Abimelech — .Of Abimelech
• Early Rising · Exemplified: Isaac, &c — Exemplified: Isaac, &c
• Isaac · .Moves away to the valley of Gerar, afterward — .Moves away to the valley of Gerar, afterward
• Morning · The Jews: Contracted covenants in — The Jews: Contracted covenants in
• Oath · .Between — .Between
• Patriarchal Government · Exercised in: Forming treaties and alliances — Exercised in: Forming treaties and alliances
• Rising · .