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YHWHיְהוָהappearedוַיֵּרָאto himאֵלָיוand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Do not go downאַל תֵּרֵדto Egypt;מִצְרָיְמָהdwellשְׁכֹןin the landבָּאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרI tellאֹמַרyou.אֵלֶיךָ
Genesis 26:2
Study it in the app“YHWH appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land that I tell you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 26:2, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- appearedיֵּרָאyera
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “yera” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Do not go downתֵּרֵדtered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “tered” appears- to Egyptמִצְרָיְמָmitsrayma
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayma” appears- dwellשְׁכֹןshechon
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shechon” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
1There was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that there was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
2 · This verse (above)
3Reside as an alien in this land, and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
To study Genesis 26 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH promise Isaac, and what happened with the wells he dug (vv. 2-5, 18-22)?
2. What it means
What did Isaac say when he named the well Rehoboth, the one they did not quarrel over, and what does that show about his attitude (vv. 20-22)?
3. How I live it
How can you respond with peace the next time someone disputes something that is yours?