Genesis 26:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.

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  • Gen 12:1 : 1 The Obedience of Abram Now the LORD said to Abram,“Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you.
  • Gen 12:7 : 7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said,“To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
  • Gen 18:1 : 1 Three Special Visitors The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.
  • Ps 37:3 : 3 Trust in the LORD and do what is right! Settle in the land and maintain your integrity!
  • Gen 18:10-20 : 10 One of them said,“I will surely return to you when the season comes round again, and your wife Sarah will have a son!”(Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him. 11 Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; Sarah had long since passed menopause.) 12 So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking,“After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?” 13 The LORD said to Abraham,“Why did Sarah laugh and say,‘Will I really have a child when I am old?’ 14 Is anything impossible for the LORD? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.” 15 Then Sarah lied, saying,“I did not laugh,” because she was afraid. But the LORD said,“No! You did laugh.” 16 Abraham Pleads for Sodom When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom.(Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.) 17 Then the LORD said,“Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? 18 After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth may receive blessing through him. 19 I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. Then the LORD will give to Abraham what he promised him.” 20 So the LORD said,“The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant

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  • Gen 26:24-25
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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.”

    25Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

  • Gen 26:3
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    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.

  • Gen 28:13
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    13and 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.

  • Gen 26:1
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    1Isaac and Abimelech There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

  • Gen 46:2-3
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    2God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said,“Jacob, Jacob!” He replied,“Here I am!”

    3He 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.

  • Gen 26:6
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    6So Isaac settled in Gerar.

  • Gen 12:1
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    1The Obedience of Abram Now the LORD said to Abram,“Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you.

  • Acts 7:3
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    3and said to him,‘Go out from your country and from your relatives, and come to the land I will show you.’

  • Gen 26:16-17
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    16Then Abimelech said to Isaac,“Leave us and go elsewhere, for you have become much more powerful than we are.”

    17So Isaac left there and settled in the Gerar Valley.

  • Gen 28:15
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    15I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!”

  • Gen 28:4
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    4May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”

  • Gen 31:13
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    13I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the sacred stone and made a vow to me. Now leave this land immediately and return to your native land.’”

  • Gen 12:7
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    7The LORD appeared to Abram and said,“To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

  • 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.”

  • 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,

  • Gen 24:3-4
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    3so that I may make you solemnly promise by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

    4You must go instead to my country and to my relatives to find a wife for my son Isaac.”

  • Gen 24:6-7
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    6“Be careful never to take my son back there!” Abraham told him.

    7“The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, promised me with a solemn oath,‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel before you so that you may find a wife for my son from there.

  • Gen 35:12
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    12The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you. To your descendants I will also give this land.”

  • Gen 28:1-2
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    1So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him,“You must not marry a Canaanite woman!

    2Leave immediately for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

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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 15:7
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    7The LORD said to him,“I am the LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

  • Gen 35:1
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    1The Return to Bethel Then God said to Jacob,“Go up at once to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

  • Exod 3:16
    73%

    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 27:39
    73%

    39So his father Isaac said to him,“See here, your home will be by the richness of the earth, and by the dew of the sky above.

  • Deut 34:4
    73%

    4Then the LORD said to him,“This is the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said,‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it, but you will not cross over there.”

  • Gen 17:19
    73%

    19God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.

  • Gen 24:62
    72%

    62Now Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.