Psalms 105:9
the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
BSB
ASV
The covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,
KJV
Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Which covenant he made with Abraham,.... Or made it known unto him, and showed him his particular interest in it; promised that he would be his God, that he would bless him; and that in his seed, the Messiah, that should spring from him, all nations of the earth should be blessed, Gen 12:2, compare with this Luk 1:
The covenant was often ratified. word--answering to "covenant" [Ps 105:9] in the parallel clause, namely, the word of promise, which, according to Ps 105:10, He set forth for an inviolable law. commanded--or, "ordained" (Ps 68:28). to a thousand generations--perpetually.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Genesis 17:2I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”
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“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
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Genesis 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…
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By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what…
saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
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Hebrews 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.
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Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.