Genesis 21:24 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁴And Abraham said, I will swear.

Genesis 21:24 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 6:16
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Romans 12:18
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Genesis 14:13
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 22-32)

We have here an account of the treaty between Abimelech and Abraham, in which appears the accomplishment of that promise (Gen. 12:2) that God would make his name great. His friendship is valued, is courted, though a stranger, though a tenant at will to the Canaanites and Perizzites. I. The league is proposed by Abimelech, and Phichol his prime-minister of state and general of his army. 1. The indu…