31And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
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 deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26-33)We have here the contests that had been between Isaac and the Philistines issuing in a happy peace and reconciliation. I. Abimelech pays a friendly visit to Isaac, in token of the respect he had for him, Gen. 26:26. Note, When a man’s ways please the Lord he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him , Prov. 16:7. Kings’ hearts are in his hands, and when he pleases he can turn them to favour h…
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