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Genesis 26:2

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

KJV

Apparuitque ei Dominus, et ait : Ne descendas in Ægyptum, sed quiesce in terra quam dixero tibi,

Vulgate

ὤφθη δὲ αὐτῷ Κύριος καὶ εἶπεν Μὴ καταβῇς εἰς Αἴγυπτον· κατοίκησον δὲ ἐν τῇ γῇ ᾗ ἄν σοι εἴπω.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יֵּרָ֤א אֵלָי/ו֙ יְהוָ֔ה וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר אַל תֵּרֵ֣ד מִצְרָ֑יְמָ/ה שְׁכֹ֣ן בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֹמַ֥ר אֵלֶֽי/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
שַׁכֵּ֥ן
shkn
verb · 123×

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 4:5 — That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
  • Gen 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:
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 17:21 — But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
  • Gen 18:1 — And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
  • Gen 18:1 — And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
  • Gen 18:10 — And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
  • Gen 26:24 — And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.
  • Gen 35:9 — And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
  • Gen 46:3 — And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
  • Heb 1:1 — God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
  • Jer 42:10 — If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
  • Ps 37:3 — Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
  • Ps 37:3 — Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.