the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
Parallel translations
- WEB the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,
- KJV Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
- NKJV The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,
- NASB The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac.
- NLT This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac.
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Quick answer
This is the covenant He made with Abraham and His oath to Isaac. God bound Himself by promise and oath to the patriarchs.
Overview
The psalmist roots God's faithfulness in His specific promises to Abraham and Isaac. God's covenant was not vague sentiment but a sworn commitment. The oath to the patriarchs is fulfilled in Christ, the promised offspring of Abraham in whom all nations are blessed (Galatians 3:16).
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 17:2I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”
- Gen 22:16–18saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
- Gen 26:3Stay 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.
- Heb 6:17So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
- Gal 3:17What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
- Acts 7:8Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
- Neh 9:8You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.
- Gen 35:11And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
- Gen 12:7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
- Gen 28:13And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
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