2The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live.


In Context

1 Now there was a famine in the land-besides the earlier famine of Abraham's time-and Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines in Gerar.

2 The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live.

3 Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.

4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,

Genesis 26:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:2And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:2And the Lord appeared to him and said: Go not down into Egypt, but stay in the land that I shall tell thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:2And Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt. Dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:2And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt: dwell in the land that I shall tell thee of.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:2And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:2And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Go not down into Egypt: dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:2Yahweh appeared to him, and said, |Don't go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:2And Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith, 'Go not down towards Egypt, tabernacle in the land concerning which I speak unto thee,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:2And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell you of: