Genesis 46:3
God said to him: “I am the most strong God of your father. Do not be afraid. Descend into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.
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Genesis 12:2And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed.
Genesis 15:1And so, these things having been transacted, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your protector, and your reward is exceedingly great.”
Genesis 18:18since he will become a great and very robust nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed?
Genesis 26:2And the Lord appeared to him, and he said: “Do not descend into Egypt, but rest in the land that I will tell you,
Genesis 35:11and he said to him: “I am Almighty God: increase and multiply. Tribes and peoples of nations will be from you, and kings will go forth from your loins.
Exodus 1:7the sons of Israel increased, and they multiplied like seedlings. And having been strengthened exceedingly, they filled the land.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 46:2-5
Jacob Sacrifices at Beersheba. ( b. c. 1707.) 1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spake unto 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 into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his… Read the whole commentary →