Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live. New Living Translation The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you. English Standard Version And the LORD appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you. Berean Standard Bible The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you. King James Bible And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: New King James Version Then the LORD appeared to him and said: “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you. New American Standard Bible And the LORD appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I shall tell you. NASB 1995 The LORD appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I shall tell you. NASB 1977 And the LORD appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I shall tell you. Legacy Standard Bible And Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you. Amplified Bible The LORD appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I will tell you. Christian Standard Bible The LORD appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land that I tell you about; Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land that I tell you about; American Standard Version And Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: Contemporary English Version because the LORD had appeared to Isaac and said: Isaac, stay away from Egypt! I will show you where I want you to go. English Revised Version And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, "Don't go to Egypt. Stay where I tell you. Good News Translation The LORD had appeared to Isaac and had said, "Do not go to Egypt; stay in this land, where I tell you to stay. International Standard Version That's when the LORD appeared to Isaac. "You are not to go down to Egypt," he said. "Instead, you are to settle down in an area within this land where I'll tell you. Majority Standard Bible The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you. NET Bible The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you. New Heart English Bible And God appeared to him, and said, "Do not go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about. Webster's Bible Translation And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Go not down into Egypt: dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of. World English Bible Yahweh appeared to him, and said, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd YHWH appears to him and says, “Do not go down toward Egypt, dwell in the land concerning which I speak to you, Young's Literal Translation And Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith, 'Go not down towards Egypt, tabernacle in the land concerning which I speak unto thee, Smith's Literal Translation And Jehovah will be seen to him, and will say, Thou shalt not go down to Egypt: dwell in the land which I shall say to thee. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the Lord appeared to him and said: Go not down into Egypt, but stay in the land that I shall tell thee. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord appeared to him, and he said: “Do not descend into Egypt, but rest in the land that I will tell you, New American Bible The LORD appeared to him and said: Do not go down to Egypt, but camp in this land wherever I tell you. New Revised Standard Version The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; settle in the land that I shall show you. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the LORD appeared to him, and said, Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And LORD JEHOVAH appeared to him and said to him, “Do not go down to Egypt. Dwell in the land that I shall tell you: OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the LORD appeared unto him, and said: 'Go not down unto Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the Lord appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt, but dwell in the land, which I shall tell thee of. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Promise to Isaac1Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar. 2The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you. 3Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.… Cross References Genesis 12:1 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. Genesis 15:1 After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.” Genesis 22:1-2 Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered. / “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.” Genesis 28:13-15 And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. / Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. / Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” Genesis 31:3 Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.” Genesis 35:1 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” Exodus 3:2-6 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed. / So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?” / When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered. ... Exodus 6:2-8 God also told Moses, “I am the LORD. / I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them. / I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners. ... Exodus 33:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ Numbers 12:6-8 He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream. / But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house. / I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?” Deuteronomy 1:8 See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.” Deuteronomy 31:23 Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.” Joshua 1:1-9 Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying, / “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore arise, you and all these people, and cross over the Jordan into the land that I am giving to the children of Israel. / I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses. ... 1 Kings 3:5 One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!” Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Treasury of Scripture And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell you of: appeared. Genesis 12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. Genesis 18:1,10-20 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; … dwell. Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: Psalm 37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Jump to Previous Appeared Appeareth Dwell Egypt Isaac Live Speak Tabernacle Towards VisionJump to Next Appeared Appeareth Dwell Egypt Isaac Live Speak Tabernacle Towards VisionGenesis 26 1. Isaac, because of famine, sojourns in Gerar, and the Lord blesses him.7. He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife. 12. He grows rich, and the Philistines envy his prosperity. 18. He digs wells. 23. God appears to him at Beersheba, and blesses him; 26. and Abimelech makes a covenant with him. 34. Esau's wives. The LORD appeared The Hebrew word for "appeared" is "ra'ah," which means to see or to be visible. This indicates a divine revelation, a theophany where God makes His presence known to Isaac. In the context of the patriarchal narratives, such appearances are significant, underscoring God's personal relationship and covenant with the patriarchs. This divine encounter reassures Isaac of God's guidance and presence, a continuation of the promises made to Abraham. to Isaac and said Do not go down to Egypt Settle in the land where I tell you Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The LORDיְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel appeared וַיֵּרָ֤א (way·yê·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see to אֵלָיו֙ (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to [Isaac] and said, וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not go down תֵּרֵ֣ד (tê·rêḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend to Egypt. מִצְרָ֑יְמָה (miṣ·rā·yə·māh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa Settle שְׁכֹ֣ן (šə·ḵōn) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell in the land בָּאָ֔רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land where אֲשֶׁ֖ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I tell you. אֹמַ֥ר (’ō·mar) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 559: To utter, say Links Genesis 26:2 NIVGenesis 26:2 NLT Genesis 26:2 ESV Genesis 26:2 NASB Genesis 26:2 KJV Genesis 26:2 BibleApps.com Genesis 26:2 Biblia Paralela Genesis 26:2 Chinese Bible Genesis 26:2 French Bible Genesis 26:2 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 26:2 Yahweh appeared to him and said Don't (Gen. 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