GEN 46:3 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ὁ δὲ λέγει αὐτῷ, ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πατέρων σου· μὴ φοβοῦ καταβῆναι εἰς Αἴγυπτον· εἰς γὰρ ἔθνος μέγα ποιήσω σε ἐκεῖ.
(Ho de legei autōi, egō eimi ho Theos tōn paterōn sou; maʸ fobou katabaʸnai eis Aigupton; eis gar ethnos mega poiaʸsō se ekei. )

BrTr And he says to him, I am the God of thy fathers; fear not to go down into Egypt, for I will make thee there a great nation.

ULT And he said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, because I will make you into a great nation there.

UST Then God said to him, “I am God, the God whom your father worshiped. Don’t be afraid of moving down to the country of Egypt, because I will make your descendants multiply and become a large people group while they live there.

BSB § “I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

OEB Then God said, ‘I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.

WEBBE He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He 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.

LSV And He says, “I [am] God, God of your father, do not be afraid of going down to Egypt, for I set you there for a great nation;

FBV “I am God, the God of your father! Don't be afraid to go to Egypt, because I will turn you and your descendants[fn] into a great nation.

46:3 “And your descendants”: supplied for clarity.

T4T God said, “I am God, the one your father worshiped. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, because I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation there.

LEB Then he said, “I am the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.

BBE And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS And He said: 'I am God, the God of thy father; fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation.

ASV And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

DRA God said to him: I am the most mighty God of thy father: fear not, go down into Egypt, for I will make a great nation of thee there.

YLT And He saith, 'I [am] God, God of thy father, be not afraid of going down to Egypt, for for a great nation I set thee there;

Drby And he said, I am [fn]God, the [fn]God of thy father: fear not to go down to Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation.

46.3 El

46.3 Elohim

RV And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

Wbstr And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

KJB-1769 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
(And he said, I am God, the God of thy/your father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee/you a great nation: )

KJB-1611 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father, feare not to goe downe into Egypt: for I will there make of thee a great nation.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And he sayde: I am God, the God of thy father, feare not to go downe into Egypt: for I wyll there make of thee a great people.
(And he said: I am God, the God of thy/your father, fear not to go down into Egypt: for I will there make of thee/you a great people.)

Gnva Then hee sayde, I am God, the God of thy father, feare not to goe downe into Egypt: for I will there make of thee a great nation.
(Then he said, I am God, the God of thy/your father, fear not to go down into Egypt: for I will there make of thee/you a great nation. )

Cvdl And he saide: I am ye mightie God of thy father, be not afrayed to go into Egipte, for there wyl I make a greate people of the.
(And he said: I am ye/you_all mighty God of thy/your father, be not afraid to go into Egypt, for there will I make a great people of them.)

Wycl God seide to hym, Y am the strongeste God of thi fadir; nyle thou drede, go doun in to Egipt, for Y schal make thee there in to a greet folk;
(God said to him, I am the strongeste God of thy/your father; nyle thou/you drede, go down in to Egypt, for I shall make thee/you there in to a great folk;)

Luth Und er sprach: Ich bin GOtt, der GOtt deines Vaters; fürchte dich nicht, nach Ägypten hinabzuziehen, denn daselbst will ich dich zum großen Volk machen.
(And he spoke: I am God, the/of_the God yours father; fear you/yourself not, after Egypt hinabzuziehen, because there will I you/yourself for_the large people make.)

ClVg Ait illi Deus: Ego sum fortissimus Deus patris tui: noli timere, descende in Ægyptum, quia in gentem magnam faciam te ibi.
(He_said illi God: I I_am fortissimus God of_the_father tui: noli timere, descende in Ægyptum, because in gentem magnam I_will_do you(sg) ibi. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

אָנֹכִ֥י הָ⁠אֵ֖ל אֱלֹהֵ֣י אָבִ֑י⁠ךָ

I the,God god I_will_show=you(ms)

See how you translated the God of in verse 1. Alternate translation: “I am God, the God whom your father served”

אַל תִּירָא֙

not afraid

Alternate translation: “You must not be afraid”

מֵ⁠רְדָ֣ה מִצְרַ֔יְמָ⁠ה

to,go_down Egypt,to

Alternate translation: “to move down to the country of Egypt,” or “to go to the country of Egypt and settle there,”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

כִּֽי & אֲשִֽׂימְ⁠ךָ֥

that/for/because/then/when & make,you

See how you translated I will make you into a great nation (and similar phrases) in Gen 12:2; 17:20; 18:18; 21:13, 18. Alternate translation: “because I will make you and your descendants” or “because I will make your family” or “because I will give you many descendants, who will”

לְ⁠ג֥וֹי גָּד֖וֹל & שָֽׁם

to=(a)_nation big/great & there

Alternate translation: “multiply and become an important ethnic group there.”

Parallel GEN 46:3