Verse 16
16. By myself have I sworn “When God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself . ” Hebrews 6:13. Hanna observes, that this oath “was the last utterance that fell from the lips of God upon the ear of Abraham. He lived for fifty years and more thereafter, but that voice was never heard again. These late years rolled over him in peaceful, undisturbed repose.”
Because thou hast done this thing This last act of faith was the crowning point in Abraham’s spiritual life, and in view of this especially as summing up and representing in itself all other evidences of his faith Jehovah repeats his promise.
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