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Psalm 105:9

the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,

7He is the LORD, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
8He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
9the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,
10and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
11saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,”
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Notice

Abraham and Isaac give names to the history of God's covenant, drawing attention to a promise that reaches from father to son.

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Where else Scripture says this

8 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Genesis 26:3Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these lands, and I will establish the oath …Both passages link Isaac to God's sworn commitment to Abraham, showing the oath extending from father to son.
Genesis 22:16and said, “‘I have sworn by myself,’ says the LORD, ‘because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,Both passages speak of God's sworn commitment, with Genesis recording the oath he swore by himself.
Genesis 17:2I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”Both passages name God's covenant with Abraham, while Genesis includes the promise to multiply him.
Hebrews 6:17In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath,God's oath is the shared thread; Hebrews explains its assurance by pointing to the unchanging nature of his purpose.
Luke 1:73the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,Both passages recall God's sworn commitment within Abraham's family, with Luke naming the oath sworn to Abraham.
Acts 7:8He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and …Both passages connect God's covenant with Abraham to Isaac, while Acts adds circumcision and the generations that followed.
Galatians 3:17Now I say this: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the …Both passages speak of a covenant established by God; Galatians says the later law does not cancel its promise.
Nehemiah 9:8found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and …Both passages recall God's covenant with Abraham; Nehemiah also recounts the promised land and God's performance of his words.
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Something small to carry out of this verse

Read Psalm 105:7–11 and trace the covenant through each name

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Encouragement

Your trust in God has a history worth learning. Abraham and Isaac belong to that history: God made a covenant with Abraham and gave his oath to Isaac.

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