Genesis 26:2

The Message

God appeared to him and said, “Don’t go down to Egypt; stay where I tell you. Stay here in this land and I’ll be with you and bless you. I’m giving you and your children all these lands, fulfilling the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. I’ll make your descendants as many as the stars in the sky and give them all these lands. All the nations of the Earth will get a blessing for themselves through your descendants. And why? Because Abraham obeyed my summons and kept my charge—my commands, my guidelines, my teachings.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:1

God told Abram: “Leave your country, your family, and your father’s home for a land that I will show you.

Genesis 12:7

God appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your children.” Abram built an altar at the place God had appeared to him.

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, God showed up and said to him, “I am The Strong God, live entirely before me, live to the hilt! I’ll make a covenant between us and I’ll give you a huge family.”

Genesis 17:19

But God said, “That’s not what I mean. Your wife, Sarah, will have a baby, a son. Name him Isaac (Laughter). I’ll establish my covenant with him and his descendants, a covenant that lasts forever.

Genesis 18:1

God appeared to Abraham at the Oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent. It was the hottest part of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing. He ran from his tent to greet them and bowed before them.

Psalm 25:12

My question: What are God-worshipers like? Your answer: Arrows aimed at God’s bull’s-eye.

Psalm 37:3

Get insurance with God and do a good deed, settle down and stick to your last. Keep company with God, get in on the best.

Exodus 2:24

God listened to their groanings. God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.