Genesis 26:31

Covenant With Abimelech

³⁰ So Isaac held a festival for them, and they ate and drank. ³¹ They woke up early the next morning and made the treaty. After this, Isaac sent them off and they left on peaceful terms. ³² That very same day, Isaac's servants arrived and reported to him about a well that they had just completed digging. "We've found water!" they said.

Early in the Morning

Early the Next Morning

Sealed It

Took an Oath

Isaac

Genesis 14:22

But Abram answered the king of Sodom, "I have made an oath to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

Genesis 19:2

and said, "Look, my lords! Please come inside your servant's house, wash your feet, and spend the night. Then you can get up early and be on your way." But they responded, "No, we would rather spend the night in the town square."

Genesis 21:14

So early the next morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a leather bottle of water, gave them to Hagar, and placed them on her shoulder. He then sent her away, along with the child. She went off and roamed in the Beer-sheba wilderness.

Genesis 21:23

Therefore swear an oath here by God that you won't deal falsely with me, my sons, or my descendants. Just as I've dealt graciously with you, won't you do so with me and with the land in which you live as a foreigner?"

Genesis 21:31-32

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

Genesis 22:3

So Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his male servants with him, along with his son Isaac. He cut the wood for the burnt offering and set out to go to the place about which God had spoken to him.

Genesis 25:33

But Jacob insisted, "Swear it by an oath right now." So he swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

Genesis 31:44

Come, let's make a covenant just between you and me. And let it serve as a witness between you and me."

Genesis 31:55

Early the next morning, Laban woke up, kissed his grandchildren and daughters, blessed them, and then left for home.

1 Samuel 14:24

The men of Israel were hard pressed on that day, and Saul required the army to take an oath: "Cursed is the person who eats food before evening and before I've been avenged of my enemies." So no one tasted food.

1 Samuel 20:3

David again took an oath: "Your father certainly knows that I've found favor with you, and so he told himself, "Jonathan must not know this so he won't be upset.' But as certainly as the LORD is alive and living, and as certainly as I'm alive and living, too, there is only a step between me and death."

1 Samuel 20:16-17

Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David: "May the LORD punish any violation of this covenant by the hand of David's enemies."

1 Samuel 30:15

David asked him, "Will you take me to this raiding party?" He said, "Swear to me by God that you won't kill me or turn me over to my master, and I'll take you to the raiding party."

Hebrews 6:16

For people swear by someone greater than themselves, and an oath given as confirmation puts an end to all argument.