Genesis 46:3
And He said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Mizraim; for a great people will I make thee there.
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Genesis 12:2And I will make thee to (be) a great people, and will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
Genesis 15:1After these things the word ( pithgama) of the Lord came to Abram in prophecy, saying, Fear not, Abram: My Word ( Memra) shall be thy strength, and thy exceeding great reward.
Genesis 18:18And Abraham shall be indeed a people many and strong, and in him shall all the peoples of the earth be blessed;
Genesis 26:2And the Lord appeared to him and said, Go not down into Mizraim, remain in the land as I have told thee;
Genesis 35:11And the Lord said to him, I am El Shadai; increase and multiply; a people and an assemblage of tribes shall be from thee, and kings who shall reign over the peoples shall come forth from thee.
Exodus 1:7But the sons of Israel increased and propagated, and became great and very mighty, and the land was 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 →