Genesis 22:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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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:

Genesis 22:16 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 1:73
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
Hebrews 6:13-14
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, …
Psalms 105:9
Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
Jeremiah 51:14
The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.
Romans 4:13-14
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. …

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Commentary

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

(vv. 15-19)

Abraham’s obedience was graciously accepted; but this was not all: here we have it recompensed, abundantly recompensed, before he stirred from the place; probably while the ram he had sacrificed was yet burning God sent him this gracious message, renewed and ratified his covenant with him. All covenants were made by sacrifice, so was this by the typical sacrifices of Isaac and the ram. Very high e…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

13-19. Abraham lifted up his eyes ... and behold ... a ram, &c.--No method was more admirably calculated to give the patriarch a distinct idea of the purpose of grace than this scenic representation: and hence our Lord’s allusion to it (Joh 8:56).