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

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“And you shall make response before the Lord your God, ‘A (A)wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, (B)few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

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(A)And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

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24 and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; (A)you must stand before Caesar. And behold, (B)God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

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Israel's Only Savior

43 But now thus says the Lord,
(A)he who created you, O Jacob,
    he who formed you, O Israel:
(B)“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
    (C)I have called you by name, you are mine.
(D)When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
    and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
(E)when you walk through fire (F)you shall not be burned,
    and the flame shall not consume you.

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10 fear not, for I am with you;
    be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
    I will uphold you with (A)my righteous right hand.

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11 And God said to him, (A)“I am God Almighty:[a] be (B)fruitful and multiply. (C)A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:11 Hebrew El Shaddai
  2. Genesis 35:11 Hebrew from your loins

And the Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell (A)in the land of which I shall tell you. (B)Sojourn in this land, and (C)I will be with you and will bless you, for (D)to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish (E)the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.

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17 “But (A)as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, (B)the people increased and multiplied in Egypt

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22 Your fathers went down to Egypt (A)seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you (B)as numerous as the stars of heaven.

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10 The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, (A)you are today as numerous as the stars of heaven.

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(A)But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

Pharaoh Oppresses Israel

Now there arose a new king over Egypt, (B)who did not know Joseph. And he said to his people, “Behold, (C)the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. 10 (D)Come, (E)let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”

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27 Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, (A)in the land of Goshen. (B)And they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.

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13 And behold, (A)the Lord stood above it[a] and said, (B)“I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. (C)The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring. 14 Your offspring shall be like (D)the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and (E)your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:13 Or beside him

17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring (A)as the stars of heaven and (B)as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess (C)the gate of his[a] enemies,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 22:17 Or their

18 seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be (A)blessed in him?

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13 Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain (A)that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and (B)they will be afflicted for (C)four hundred years.

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God's Covenant with Abram

15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: (A)“Fear not, Abram, I am (B)your shield; your reward shall be very great.”

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15 for all the land that you see I will give (A)to you and (B)to your offspring forever. 16 (C)I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.

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Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, swore to them and their men, saying, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, (A)and it shall be well with you.

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