xCited from Gen. 22:17
Genesis 22:16-18
16and said, a“By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring bas the stars of heaven and cas the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess dthe gate of his ▼▼Or their
enemies, 18and fin your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, gbecause you have obeyed my voice.” Exodus 32:13
13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you hswore by your own self, and said to them, i‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’”Psalms 105:8-10
8He jremembers his covenant forever,the word that he commanded, for ka thousand generations,
9 lthe covenant that he made with Abraham,
his msworn promise to Isaac,
10which he confirmed to nJacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
Psalms 105:42
42For he oremembered his holy promise,and pAbraham, his servant.
Luke 1:55
55 qas he spoke to our fathers,rto Abraham and to his offspring forever.”
Luke 1:72-73
72 sto show the mercy promised to our fathersand tto remember his holy ucovenant,
73 vthe oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
Hebrews 6:13-17
The Certainty of God’s Promise
13For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, whe swore by himself, 14saying, x“Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” 15And thus Abraham, ▼▼Greek he
zhaving patiently waited, obtained the promise. 16For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes aaan oath is final for confirmation. 17So when God desired to show more convincingly to abthe heirs of the promise acthe unchangeable character of his purpose, adhe guaranteed it with an oath,
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