Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

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.

New American Standard Bible

He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.

King James Version

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:

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

"I'm God, your father's God. Don't be afraid to move down to Egypt, because I'm going to turn you into a mighty nation there.

A Conservative Version

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.

American Standard Version

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:

Amplified

And He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you (your descendants) a great nation there.

Bible in Basic English

And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:

Julia Smith Translation

And he will say, I am God, the God of thy father: thou shalt not fear going down to Egypt; for I will there make thee into a great nation.

King James 2000

And 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:

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

And He said, I am God, the God of your fathers. Do not fear to go down into Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he said, "I am that mighty God of thy father, fear not to go down into Egypt. For I will make of thee there a great people.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

And he said - Behold me! And he said: I, am GOD himself, the God of thy father, - Be not afraid of going down to Egypt, seeing that for a great nation, will I plant thee there.

Webster

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:

World English Bible

He 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.

Youngs Literal Translation

And 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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I am God
אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

the God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

not to go down
ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

מצרים 
Mitsrayim 
Usage: 681

for I will there make
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

of thee a great
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

References

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Fausets

Hastings

Morish

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Context Readings

Jacob And His Offspring Go To Egypt

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.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

And I will make of thee a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.

Deuteronomy 26:5

And thou shalt speak and say before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramean was my father, and he went down to Egypt with a few, and sojourned there, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

Genesis 35:11

And God said to him, I am the Almighty God: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee; and kings shall come out of thy loins.

Genesis 13:15-16

for all the land that thou seest will I give to thee, and to thy seed for ever.

Genesis 15:1

After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, thy exceeding great reward.

Genesis 15:13

And he said to Abram, Know assuredly that thy seed will be a sojourner in a land that is not theirs, and they shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years.

Genesis 18:18

Since Abraham shall indeed become a great and mighty nation; and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him.

Genesis 22:17

I will richly bless thee, and greatly multiply thy seed, as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

Genesis 26:2-3

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

Genesis 28:13-14

And behold, Jehovah stood above it. And he said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham, thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.

Genesis 47:27

And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they had possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly.

Exodus 1:7-10

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.

Deuteronomy 1:10

Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Deuteronomy 10:22

With seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Isaiah 41:10

Fear not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isaiah 43:1-2

But now thus saith Jehovah, that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

Jeremiah 40:9

And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

Acts 7:17

But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

Acts 27:24

saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted to thee all those that sail with thee.

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