Genesis 26:2 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, "Don't go to Egypt. Stay where I tell you.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

ASV:

And Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt. Dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.

BBE:

And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:

DBY:

And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt: dwell in the land that I shall tell thee of.

ERV:

And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

JPS:

And the LORD appeared unto him, and said: 'Go not down unto Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.

WBS:

And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Go not down into Egypt: dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.

WEB:

Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don't go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.

YLT:

And Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith, 'Go not down towards Egypt, tabernacle in the land concerning which I speak unto thee,

Genesis 26:2 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you;

Genesis 12:7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." So he built an altar there to the LORD who had appeared to him.

Genesis 17:1 Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; Walk before Me, and be blameless.

Genesis 18:1 Now the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, {b} Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
(b) God's providence always watches to direct the ways of his children.

WES:

26:2 The Lord said, go not down into Egypt. Sojourn in this land - There was a famine in Jacob's days, and God bid him go down into Egypt, Gen 46:3,4, a famine in Isaac's days, and God bid him not go down: a famine in Abraham's days, and God left him to his liberty, directing him neither way, which (considering that Egypt was always a place of trial to God's people) some ground upon the different characters of these three patriarchs. Abraham was a man of very intimate communion with God, and to him all places and conditions were alike; Isaac a very good man, but not cut out for hardship, therefore he is forbidden to go to Egypt; Jacob inured to difficulties, strong and patient, and therefore he must go down into Egypt, that the trial of his faith might be to praise, and honour, and glory. Thus God proportions his people's trials to their strength.

MHC:

26:1-5 Isaac had been trained up in a believing dependence upon the Divine grant of the land of Canaan to him and his heirs; and now that there is a famine in the land, Isaac still cleaves to the covenant. The real worth of God's promises cannot be lessened to a believer by any cross providences that may befall him. If God engage to be with us, and we are where he would have us to be, nothing but our own unbelief and distrust can prevent our comfort. The obedience of Abraham to the Divine command, was evidence of that faith, whereby, as a sinner, he was justified before God, and the effect of that love whereby true faith works. God testifies that he approved this obedience, to encourage others, especially Isaac.

CONC:

Appeared Appeareth Dwell Egypt Isaac Speak Stay Tabernacle Towards Vision

Appeared Appeareth Dwell Egypt Isaac Live Speak Tabernacle Towards Vision

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