Genesis 26:31

Covenant With Abimelech

³⁰ So he prepared a banquet for them, and they ate and drank. ³¹ They got up early in the morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace. ³² On that same day Isaac’s slaves came to tell him about the well they had dug, saying to him, “We have found water!”

Early in the Morning

Early the Next Morning

Sealed It

Took an Oath

Isaac

Genesis 14:22

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand in an oath to Yahweh, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

Genesis 19:2

and said, “My lords, turn aside to your servant’s house, wash your feet, and spend the night. Then you can get up early and go on your way.”

“No,” they said. “We would rather spend the night in the square.”

Genesis 21:14

Early in the morning Abraham got up, took bread and a waterskin, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her and the boy away. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beer-sheba.

Genesis 21:23

Swear to me by God here and now, that you will not break an agreement with me or with my children and descendants. As I have been loyal to you, so you will be loyal to me and to the country where you are a foreign resident.”

Genesis 21:31-32

Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

Genesis 22:3

So Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took with him two of his young men and his son Isaac. He split wood for a burnt offering and set out to go to the place God had told him about.

Genesis 25:33

Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore to Jacob and sold his birthright to him.

Genesis 31:44

Come now, let’s make a covenant, you and I. Let it be a witness between the two of us.”

Genesis 31:55

Laban got up early in the morning, kissed his grandchildren and daughters, and blessed them. Then Laban left to return home.

1 Samuel 14:24

and the men of Israel were worn out that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath: “The man who eats food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies is cursed.” So none of the troops tasted any food.

1 Samuel 20:3

But David said, “Your father certainly knows that you have come to look favorably on me. He has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or else he will be grieved.’” David also swore, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

1 Samuel 20:16-17

Then Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the Lord hold David’s enemies accountable.”

1 Samuel 30:15

David then asked him, “Will you lead me to these raiders?”

He said, “Swear to me by God that you won’t kill me or turn me over to my master, and I will lead you to them.”

Hebrews 6:16

For men swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute.