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Genesis 26:2

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And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.	And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:	Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD^H3068 appeared^H7200 unto him, and said^H559, Go not down^H3381 into Egypt^H4714; dwell^H7931 in the land^H776 which I shall tell^H559 thee of:

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Original Hebrew

וַיֵּרָא אֵלָיו יְהוָה וַיֹּאמֶר אַל־תֵּרֵד מִצְרָיְמָה שְׁכֹן בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אֹמַר אֵלֶיךָ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֵּרָ֤א	va/i.ye.Ra'	H7200	HC/VNw3ms	and/ he appeared
אֵלָי/ו֙	'e.La/v	H413	HR/Sp3ms	to/ him
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תֵּרֵ֣ד	te.Red	H3381	HVqj2ms	you go down
מִצְרָ֑יְמָ/ה	mitz.Ra.ye.ma/h	H4714	HNp/Sd	Egypt/ towards
שְׁכֹ֣ן	she.Khon	H7931	HVqv2ms	dwell
בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ	ba./'A.retz	H776	HRd/Ncbsa	in the/ land
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
אֹמַ֥ר	'o.Mar	H559	HVqi1cs	I will say
אֵלֶֽי/ךָ	'e.Lei./kha	H413	HR/Sp2ms	to/ you

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3381 — יָרַד (yârad, yaw-rad'): a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
• H4714 — מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim): dual of מָצוֹר; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H7931 — שָׁכַן (shâkan, shaw-kan'): a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to שָׁכַב through the idea of lodging; compare סִכְלוּת, שָׁכַם); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively); abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• appeared — Genesis 12:7, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 18:1, Genesis 18:10-20
• dwell — Genesis 12:1, Psalms 37:3

Reciprocal references (7): Genesis 12:10, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 35:9, Genesis 46:3, Exodus 4:5, Jeremiah 42:10, Hebrews 1:1

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: APPEARANCES, EGYPT
• Nave’s: COMMUNION, GOD, ISAAC

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