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Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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BrLXXὬφθη δὲ αὐτῷ Κύριος, καὶ εἶπε, μὴ καταβῇς εἰς Αἴγυπτον· κατοίκησον δὲ ἐν τῇ γῇ, ᾗ ἄν σοι εἴπω. (Ōfthaʸ de autōi Kurios, kai eipe, maʸ katabaʸs eis Aigupton; katoikaʸson de en taʸ gaʸ, haʸ an soi eipō. )
BrTrAnd the Lord appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt, but dwell in the land, which I shall tell thee of.
ULTThen Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land that I tell you.
USTThen Yahweh appeared to Isaac and commanded him, “Do not go to the country of Egypt, rather stay in this land where I tell you to live.
BSB § The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.
OEBThe Lord appeared to him and said, ‘Go not down into Egypt; settle in the land of which I will tell you,
WEBBEThe LORD appeared to him, and said, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.
JPSAnd the LORD appeared unto him, and said: 'Go not down unto Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.
ASVAnd Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
DRAAnd the Lord appeared to him and said: Go not down into Egypt, but stay in the land that I shall tell thee.
YLTAnd Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith, 'Go not down towards Egypt, tabernacle in the land concerning which I speak unto thee,
DrbyAnd Jehovah appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt: dwell in the land that I shall tell thee of.
RVAnd the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
WbstrAnd the LORD appeared to him, and said, Go not down into Egypt: dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.
KJB-1769And 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 unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee/you of: )
KJB-1611And the LORD appeared vnto him and said, Goe not downe into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
BshpsAnd the Lorde appeared vnto hym, and sayde: Go not downe into Egypt, but abyde in the lande whiche I shall shewe vnto thee. (And the Lord appeared unto him, and said: Go not down into Egypt, but abide in the land which I shall show unto thee/you.)
GnvaFor the Lord appeared vnto him, and sayde, Goe not downe into Egypt, but abide in the land which I shall shewe vnto thee. (For the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt, but abide in the land which I shall show unto thee/you. )
CvdlThen the LORDE appeared vnto him, and sayde: Go not downe in to Egipte, but tary in the lande that I shall saye vnto the. (Then the LORD appeared unto him, and said: Go not down in to Egypt, but tarry/wait in the land that I shall say unto them.)
WyclAnd the Lord apperide to hym, and seide, Go not doun in to Egipt, but reste thou in the lond which Y schal seie to thee, (And the Lord appeared to him, and said, Go not down in to Egypt, but rest thou/you in the land which I shall say to thee/you,)
LuthDa erschien ihm der HErr und sprach: Zeuch nicht hinab in Ägypten, sondern bleibe in dem Lande, das ich dir sage. (So appeared him the/of_the LORD and spoke: Zeuch not down in Egypt, rather stay in to_him land, the I you/to_you sage.)
ClVgApparuitque ei Dominus, et ait: Ne descendas in Ægyptum, sed quiesce in terra quam dixero tibi, (Apparuitque to_him Master, and he_said: Ne descendas in Ægyptum, but quiesce in earth/land how dixero tibi, )
26:1-35 In this digression from Jacob’s story, Isaac’s prosperity (ch 26) shows that the blessing had passed to him (cp. 25:11) despite his failures of faith.
See how you translated appeared in Gen 12:7. Also consider whether it is more natural in your language to refer to Isaac here with his name or a pronoun. Alternate translation: “Then Yahweh came to Isaac”
Egypt was lower in elevation and also south of the land of the Philistines. Many translations leave that information implied. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “Do not go south” or “Do not travel”
מִצְרָ֑יְמָה
towards=Miʦrayim/(Egypt)
Alternate translation: “to the land of Egypt,”
שְׁכֹ֣ן בָּאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֹמַ֥ר אֵלֶֽיךָ
live on_the=earth which/who tell to,you
Alternate translation: “but rather live in the land wherever I tell you to live.” or “but rather live wherever I tell you to live.”
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
