3And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down to Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation.


In Context

1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba; and he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

2 And God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night and said, Jacob, Jacob! And he said, Here am I.

3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down to Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation.

4 I will go down with thee to Egypt, and I will also certainly bring thee up; and Joseph shall put his hand on thine eyes.

5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, on the waggons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

Genesis 46:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

46:3And 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:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

46:3"I am God, the God of your father," he said. "Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

46:3God said to him: I am the most mighty God of thy father: fear not, go down into Egypt, for I will make a great nation of thee there.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

46:3And 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:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

46:3And 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:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:3And 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:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:3He said, |I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

46:3And He saith, 'I am God, God of thy father, be not afraid of going down to Egypt, for for a great nation I set thee there;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

46:3And he said, I am God, the God of your father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of you a great nation: