Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

because Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws.”

King James Version

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Holman Bible

because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My mandate, My commands, My statutes, and My instructions.”

International Standard Version

I'm going to do this because Abraham did what I told him to do. He kept my instructions, commands, statutes, and laws."

A Conservative Version

because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my order, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

American Standard Version

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Amplified

because Abraham listened to and obeyed My voice and [consistently] kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

Bible in Basic English

Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws.

Darby Translation

because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Julia Smith Translation

Because that Abraham listened to my voice, and he will watch my watches, my commands, my statutes, and my precepts.

King James 2000

Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Lexham Expanded Bible

because Abraham listened to my voice and kept my charge: my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

Modern King James verseion

because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My Laws.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

because that Abraham hearkened unto my voice and kept mine ordinances, commandments, statutes and laws."

NET Bible

All this will come to pass because Abraham obeyed me and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

New Heart English Bible

because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

The Emphasized Bible

Because that Abraham hearkened unto my voice, - and so kept my charge, my commandments my statutes and my laws.

Webster

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

World English Bible

because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

Youngs Literal Translation

because that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice, and keepeth My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עקב 
`eqeb 
because, reward, end, because , by, for, if
Usage: 15

H85
אברהם 
'Abraham 
Usage: 175

my voice
קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

and kept
שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

my charge
משׁמרת 
Mishmereth 
Usage: 78

מצוה 
Mitsvah 
Usage: 181

חקּה 
Chuqqah 
Usage: 104

References

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Context Readings

Isaac And Abimelech

4 I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; 5 because Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws.” 6 So Isaac lived in Gerar.


Cross References

Genesis 22:16

and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Genesis 22:18

In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

Genesis 12:4

So Abram went forth as the Lord had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

Genesis 17:23

Then Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all the servants who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s household, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the very same day, as God had said to him.

Genesis 18:19

For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.”

Psalm 112:1-2

Praise the Lord!
How blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
Who greatly delights in His commandments.

Psalm 128:1-6

A Song of Ascents.
How blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
Who walks in His ways.

Matthew 5:19

Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 7:24

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.

Hebrews 11:8

By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

James 2:21

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

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