Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Parallel translations
- WEB because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
- BSB because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
- NKJV because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
- NASB because Abraham obeyed Me and fulfilled his duty to Me, and kept My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
- NLT I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions.”
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Quick answer
The promises are renewed because Abraham obeyed God's voice and kept his commands.
Overview
God highlights Abraham's faithful obedience as the context in which the covenant blessings flow to Isaac. While the promise rests on grace, Abraham's obedient faith is honored and held up as a pattern. The verse links genuine faith with a life of glad obedience to God's revealed will.
Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 7:24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
- Gen 22:18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
- Gen 22:16And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
- Ps 112:1–2Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
- Jas 2:21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
- Heb 11:8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
- Ps 128:1–6Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
- Gal 5:6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
- 1 Cor 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
- Gen 12:4So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
- Gen 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
- Gen 17:23And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
- Matt 5:19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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