Genesis 26:31
And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
The verse belongs to the account of Isaac sojourning in the land of the Philistines during famine, where his way of life and success led his neighbors and their king to recognize that the Lord was with him. That sojourn falls within God's providential dealings with Abraham's family, the chosen line through which the Seed would come. In it Isaac followed in the way of his father.
At daybreak Isaac and Abimelech rose and swore an oath to one another, and Isaac sent his visitors away in peace. Their oath followed a shared feast, illustrating the custom of sealing agreements or covenants with a meal. The mutual oath and peaceful parting stands in the renewal of God's covenant. It also displays the constancy of angel guardianship.
Isaac was abundantly blessed in that land, yet he yielded more than justice required. He did not contend for his rights but committed his cause to God, and God worked for him. His willingness to make peace expressed the peaceful conduct he already practiced toward all people.
In consequence God blessed Isaac, so that his opponents made covenant with him and departed from him in peace. His enemies recognized that the Lord was with him and had blessed him. Their coming to make peace with Isaac was a second acknowledgment that Isaac's God was greater than the Philistine gods.