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Genesis 26

Gen. 26:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
appeared
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
unto him, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Go not down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
into Egypt
Mitsrayim (Hebrew #4714)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV usage: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Pronounce: mits-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of 4693
; dwell
shakan (Hebrew #7931)
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
Pronounce: shaw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to 7901 through the idea of lodging; compare 5531, 7925)
in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
which I shall tell
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
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appeared.
Gen. 12:7• 7And Jehovah appeared to Abram and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. There he builded an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him. (Gen. 12:7)
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Gen. 17:1• 1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me and be thou perfect. (Gen. 17:1)
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Gen. 18:1,10‑20• 1And Jehovah appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre, and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
 10{i}And he said,{/i} I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. {i}and Sarah was listening at the tent-door, which was behind him.{/i}
 11{i}Now Abraham and Sarah were old and advanced in age: it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.{/i}
 12{i}And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old, shall I have pleasure, and my lord old?{/i}
 13{i}And{/i} Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
 14Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
 15{i}And Sarah denied, saying,{/i} I did not laugh; {i}for she was afraid. And he said,{/i} Nay; but thou didst laugh.
 16And the men rose up, and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them, to bring them on the way.
 17And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
 18seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
 19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do justice and judgment; that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
 20And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is great, and because their sin is very grievous, (Gen. 18:1,10‑20)
dwell.
Gen. 12:1• 1Now Jehovah had said to Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee. (Gen. 12:1)
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Psa. 37:3• 3Trust in Jehovah and do good,{HR}Inhabit the land and feed upon truth. (Psa. 37:3)
• Egypt is the expression of the world in its natural resources, and its independence of God. “My river is mine own,” is the language of an Egyptian who knew not Jehovah, and thought not of looking to Him for anything. (“Genesis 26” by C.H. Mackintosh)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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