Genesis 26:2
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And the Lord appeared to him, and said: Go not down into Egypt, but stay in the land that I shall tell thee.

appeared.

Genesis 12:7 And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 17:1 And after he began to be ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto him: I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be perfect.

Genesis 18:1,10-20 And the Lord appeared to him in the vale of Mambre as he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the very heat of the day. . . .

dwell.

Genesis 12:1 And the Lord said to Abram: Go forth out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and out of thy father's house, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

Psalm 37:3 Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.

Context
God's Promise to Isaac
1And when a famine came in the land, after that barrenness which had happened in the days of Abraham, Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Palestines, to Gerara. 2And the Lord appeared to him, and said: Go not down into Egypt, but stay in the land that I shall tell thee.3And sojourn in it, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for to thee and to thy seed I will give all these countries, to fulfil the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father.…
Cross References
Genesis 12:1
And the Lord said to Abram: Go forth out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and out of thy father's house, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

Genesis 12:7
And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 17:1
And after he began to be ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto him: I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be perfect.

Genesis 17:19
And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed after him.

Genesis 18:1
And the Lord appeared to him in the vale of Mambre as he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the very heat of the day.

Genesis 26:24
Where the Lord appeared to him that same night, saying: I am the God of Abraham thy father, do not fear, for I am with thee: I will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

Exodus 2:24
And he heard their groaning, and remembered the covenant which he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Leviticus 26:42
And I will remember my covenant, that I made with Jacob, and Isaac, and Abraham. I will remember also the land:

Lexicon
The LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

appeared
וַיֵּרָ֤א (way·yê·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

to
אֵלָיו֙ (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

[Isaac] and said,
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

go down
תֵּרֵ֣ד (tê·rêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend

to Egypt.
מִצְרָ֑יְמָה (miṣ·rā·yə·māh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

Settle
שְׁכֹ֣ן (šə·ḵōn)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell

in the land
בָּאָ֔רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

where
אֲשֶׁ֖ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

I tell you.
אֹמַ֥ר (’ō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say


Additional Translations
The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell you of:

And Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt. Dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.

And the Lord appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt, but dwell in the land, which I shall tell thee of.

And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt: dwell in the land that I shall tell thee of.

And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Go not down into Egypt: dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.

Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don't go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.

And Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith, 'Go not down towards Egypt, tabernacle in the land concerning which I speak unto thee,
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