Genesis 26:3
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Cross-reference
In Genesis 26:14, Isaac's great wealth and flocks are the tangible result of God's blessing promised in the prior verse.
In Genesis 26:12, Isaac sows and reaps a hundredfold in that land, showing the direct fulfillment of the promised blessing.
In Genesis 26:24, God confirms obedience by repeating nearly identical words: 'I will be with you and bless you' — the promise fulfilled after Isaac stayed.
Genesis 12:7 is the original land promise — 'To your offspring I will give this land.' God is now reaffirming that exact promise directly to Isaac, confirming its continuity.
Genesis 12:1 is God's original call to Abram to go to the land. God now echoes that same command to Isaac — sojourn in the land — continuing the covenant across generations.
Genesis 39:2 shows the same pattern: 'the LORD was with Joseph, and he became successful' — God's presence producing blessing, as promised to Isaac.
Genesis 28:15 repeats God's 'I will be with you' to Jacob, continuing the same covenant promise of presence and land blessing through the next generation.
Genesis 22:18 promises blessing through Abraham's offspring. Genesis 26:3 confirms that blessing continues through Isaac and his descendants.
Genesis 22:16 is where God swore by Himself. That is the very oath Genesis 26:3 invokes — 'the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.'
Genesis 17:8 promises all of Canaan as an everlasting possession. God is now reaffirming that same permanent land grant to Isaac — the inheritance continues.
Genesis 15:18 records the covenant where God formally granted the land. That is the covenant oath Genesis 26:3 references when it mentions the promise sworn to Abraham.
Genesis 13:15 promises the land to Abraham's offspring forever. The same eternal land guarantee is now being extended to Isaac and his descendants.
In Genesis 24:7, Abraham recalls the same oath — God swore to give the land to his offspring. This is the very oath God now reaffirms to Isaac.
In Genesis 31:3, God tells Jacob 'Return to the land...and I will be with you' — nearly identical command and promise structure as given to Isaac.
In Genesis 35:12, God extends the same land promise to Jacob: 'The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you' — covenant continuity.
In Genesis 48:21, dying Jacob tells Joseph 'God will be with you and bring you to your fathers' land' — echoing the same assurance and land promise.
In Genesis 50:24, Joseph recalls this promise, affirming God will fulfill the land oath to the patriarchs.
Genesis 13:17 tells Abraham to walk the land as a claim on the promise. Now God tells Isaac to sojourn in it — the land promise is active for the next generation.
Genesis 39:21 shows God's presence granting Joseph favor even in prison — the blessing continuing through hardship, consistent with God's covenant faithfulness.
Hebrews 11:13-16 describes the patriarchs as 'strangers and exiles' seeking a heavenly country — expanding the sojourning theme into an eternal hope.
Hebrews 11:9 explicitly names Isaac as living by faith in tents in the promised land — a direct commentary on his sojourning obedience here.
Hebrews 6:17 explains that God guaranteed His promise with an oath to show the heirs the unchangeable nature of His purpose — the same oath referenced here.
Psalm 105:9 recalls 'the covenant he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac' — directly referencing the oath God makes in Genesis 26:3.
In Nehemiah 9:23, God's promise to bring Israel into the land is remembered as fulfillment of the vow made to their fathers.
In Exodus 2:24, God's remembrance of this covenant initiates Israel's deliverance.
In Exodus 6:4, God reaffirms this land promise to Moses, linking to the patriarchs.
In Exodus 6:8, God states He will give the land as heritage, echoing this oath.
Luke 1:73 quotes Zechariah recalling 'the oath which he sware to our father Abraham' — the very oath now reaffirmed to Isaac in Genesis 26:3.
Ezekiel 47:14 references the land sworn to the fathers — the same covenant inheritance now described in its restored, full dimensions.
Jeremiah 11:5 directly echoes 'the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land' — the same covenant being reaffirmed to Isaac.
Psalm 105:11 recounts the same covenant oath — God promising Canaan as inheritance to Abraham's line, the very oath now extended to Isaac.
In 1 Chronicles 16:16, David's song recalls 'the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac' — naming this exact oath.
In Judges 2:1, God reaffirms He brought Israel into 'the land which I sware unto your fathers' and 'will never break my covenant.'
In Joshua 21:43, the narrator declares God gave 'all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers' — the oath fully realized.
In Joshua 1:6, Joshua is charged to give Israel the land God 'sware unto their fathers' — the oath to Isaac now becoming Israel's inheritance.
In Deuteronomy 34:4, God shows Moses the land 'which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob' — the same oath fulfilled in vision.
In Deuteronomy 29:3, the covenant establishment 'as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob' recalls this oath to Isaac.
In Deuteronomy 26:3, arriving in 'the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers' directly recalls the sworn oath to Abraham and Isaac here.
In Deuteronomy 6:10, the land God swore to give the patriarchs—including Isaac—is the same oath now being fulfilled for Israel entering Canaan.
Isaiah 43:2 echoes 'I will be with you' — now promising protection through fire and flood, extending the patriarchal assurance to Israel in exile.
Isaiah 43:5 echoes 'I will be with you' and promises to gather offspring — the land and descendants promise now extended to Israel's future restoration.
Micah 7:20 celebrates God's sworn faithfulness to the patriarchs — the same kind of covenant oath Genesis 26:3 records God making to Isaac.