Genesis 46:3
And He says, “I [am] God, God of your father, do not be afraid of going down to Egypt, for I set you there for a great nation;
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Genesis 12:2And I make you become a great nation, and bless you, and make your name great; and be a blessing.
Genesis 15:1After these things the word of YHWH has been to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I [am] a shield to you, your reward [is] exceedingly great.”
Genesis 18:18and Abraham certainly becomes a great and mighty nation, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?
Genesis 26:2And YHWH appears to him and says, “Do not go down toward Egypt, dwell in the land concerning which I speak to you,
Genesis 35:11And God says to him, “I [am] God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from you, and kings from your loins go out;
Exodus 1:7and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very, very mighty, and the land is filled with them.
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 →