Genesis 46:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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  • Gen 12:2 : 2 Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
  • Deut 26:5 : 5 Then you must affirm before the LORD your God,“A wandering Aramean was my ancestor, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number, but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people.
  • Gen 35:11 : 11 Then God said to him,“I am the Sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation– even a company of nations– will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants!
  • Gen 47:27 : 27 Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they owned land there. They were fruitful and increased rapidly in number.
  • Exod 1:7-9 : 7 The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them. 8 Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power over Egypt. 9 He said to his people,“Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are! 10 Come, let’s deal wisely with them. Otherwise they will continue to multiply, and if a war breaks out, they will ally themselves with our enemies and fight against us and leave the country.”
  • Deut 1:10 : 10 The LORD your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.
  • Deut 10:22 : 22 When your ancestors went down to Egypt, they numbered only seventy, but now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.
  • Isa 41:10 : 10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you– yes, I help you– yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!
  • Isa 43:1-2 : 1 The Lord Will Rescue His People Now, this is what the LORD says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel:“Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.
  • Jer 40:9 : 9 Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, took an oath so as to give them and their troops some assurance of safety.“Do not be afraid to submit to the Babylonians. Settle down in the land and submit to the king of Babylon. Then things will go well for you.
  • Acts 7:17 : 17 “But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,
  • Acts 27:24 : 24 and said,‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.’
  • Gen 13:15-16 : 15 I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever. 16 And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.
  • Gen 15:1 : 1 The Cutting of the Covenant After these things the LORD’s message came to Abram in a vision:“Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance.”
  • Gen 15:13 : 13 Then the LORD said to Abram,“Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign country. They will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.
  • Gen 18:18 : 18 After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth may receive blessing through him.
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.
  • Gen 26:2-3 : 2 The LORD appeared to Isaac and said,“Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you. 3 Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.
  • Gen 28:13-14 : 13 and the LORD stood at its top. He said,“I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on. 14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. And so all the families of the earth may receive blessings through you and through your descendants.

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    6He added,“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

    7The LORD said,“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

  • Gen 46:4
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    4I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes.”

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    2God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said,“Jacob, Jacob!” He replied,“Here I am!”

  • Exod 3:15-16
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    15God also said to Moses,“You must say this to the Israelites,‘The LORD– the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob– has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is my memorial from generation to generation.’

    16“Go and bring together the elders of Israel and tell them,‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, appeared to me– the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob– saying,“I have attended carefully to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt,

  • Gen 26:2-3
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    2The LORD appeared to Isaac and said,“Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.

    3Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.

  • Acts 7:32
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    32‘I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely.

  • Gen 45:7-10
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    7God sent me ahead of you to preserve you on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

    8So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me an adviser to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    9Now go up to my father quickly and tell him,‘This is what your son Joseph says:“God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay!

    10You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me– you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

  • Gen 31:3
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    3The LORD said to Jacob,“Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you.”

  • Gen 26:24
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    24The LORD appeared to him that night and said,“I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”

  • Gen 32:9
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    9Then Jacob prayed,“O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O LORD, you said to me,‘Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.’

  • Gen 35:11
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    11Then God said to him,“I am the Sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation– even a company of nations– will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants!

  • Gen 28:13
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  • Gen 48:21
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    21Then Israel said to Joseph,“I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.

  • Gen 46:31
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    31Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household,“I will go up and tell Pharaoh,‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.

  • Gen 50:19
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    19But Joseph answered them,“Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?

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    11Moses said to God,“Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, or that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

    12He replied,“Surely I will be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you bring the people out of Egypt, you and they will serve God at this mountain.”

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    3Jacob said to Joseph,“The Sovereign God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

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  • Josh 24:3
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    3but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and brought him into the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac,

  • Exod 4:5
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    5“that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”

  • Gen 50:24
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    24Then Joseph said to his brothers,“I am about to die. But God will surely come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

  • Exod 32:13
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    13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel your servants, to whom you swore by yourself and told them,‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken about I will give to your descendants, and they will inherit it forever.’”

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    3May the Sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.

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    15Then he blessed Joseph and said,“May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked– the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,

  • Gen 31:5
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    5There he said to them,“I can tell that your father’s attitude toward me has changed, but the God of my father has been with me.

  • Deut 29:13
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    13Today he will affirm that you are his people and that he is your God, just as he promised you and as he swore by oath to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • Gen 31:53
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    53May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor, the gods of their father, judge between us.” Jacob took an oath by the God whom his father Isaac feared.

  • Gen 48:19
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    19But his father refused and said,“I know, my son, I know. He too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”

  • Gen 50:21
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    21So now, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children.” Then he consoled them and spoke kindly to them.

  • Gen 48:11
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    11Israel said to Joseph,“I never expected to see you again, but now God has allowed me to see your children too.”