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Genesis 26:2

World English Bible

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

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Genesis 26:2 in other translations

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

Genesis 26:2 · American Standard Version

Genesis 26:2 in context

  1. 1There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
  2. 2Yahweh appeared to him, and said, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.
  3. 3Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
  4. 4I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and will give all these lands to your offspring. In your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed,