Genesis 46:3
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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.

the God.

Genesis 28:13 And the Lord leaning upon the ladder saying to him: I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: The land, wherein thou sleepest, I will give to thee and to thy seed.

fear not.

Genesis 15:1,13 Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy reward exceeding great. . . .

Genesis 26:2,3 And the Lord appeared to him, and said: Go not down into Egypt, but stay in the land that I shall tell thee. . . .

Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with thee: turn not aside, for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath upheld thee.

Isaiah 43:1,2 And now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, and called thee by thy name: thou art mine. . . .

Jeremiah 40:9 And Godolias the son of Ahicam the son of Saphan swore to them and to their companions, saying: Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

Acts 27:24 Saying: Fear not, Paul, thou must be brought before Caesar; and behold, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

I will.

Genesis 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.

Genesis 13:15,16 All the land which thou seest, I will give to thee, and to thy seed for ever. . . .

Genesis 18:18 Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed?

Genesis 22:17 I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the sea shore; thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies.

Genesis 28:14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth: thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and IN THEE and thy seed, all the tribes of the earth SHALL BE BLESSED.

Genesis 35:11 And said to him: I am God almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

Genesis 47:27 So Israel dwelt in Egypt, that is, in the land of Gessen, and possessed it; and grew, and was multiplied exceedingly.

Exodus 1:7-10 The children of Israel increased, and sprung up into multitudes, and growing exceedingly strong they filled the land. . . .

Deuteronomy 1:10 I alone am not able to bear you: for the Lord your God hath multiplied you, and you are this day as the stars of heaven, for multitude.

Deuteronomy 10:22 In seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt: and behold now the Lord thy God hath multiplied thee as the stars of heaven.

Deuteronomy 26:5 And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: The Syrian pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, and sojourned there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and strong and of an infinite multitude.

Acts 7:17 And when the time of the promise drew near, which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt.

Context
Jacob's Journey to Egypt
2He heard him, by a vision in the night, calling him, and saying to him: Jacob, Jacob. And he answered him: Lo, here I am. 3God 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.4I will go down with thee thither, and will bring thee back again from thence: Joseph also shall put his hands upon thy eyes.…
Cross References
Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.

Genesis 17:1
And after he began to be ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto him: I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be perfect.

Genesis 28:13
And the Lord leaning upon the ladder saying to him: I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: The land, wherein thou sleepest, I will give to thee and to thy seed.

Genesis 48:16
The angel that delivereth me from all evils, bless these boys: and let my name be called upon them, and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.

Genesis 48:19
But he refusing, said: I know, my son, I know: and this also shall become a people, and shall be multiplied; but his younger brother shall be greater than he; and his seed shall grow into nations.

Exodus 1:7
The children of Israel increased, and sprung up into multitudes, and growing exceedingly strong they filled the land.

Exodus 1:9
And he said to his people: Behold the people of the children of Israel are numerous and stronger than we.

Exodus 14:13
And Moses said to the people: Fear not: stand, and see the great wonders of the Lord, which he will do this day; for the Egyptians, whom you see now, you shall see no more for ever.

Deuteronomy 26:5
And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: The Syrian pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, and sojourned there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and strong and of an infinite multitude.

Lexicon
“I
אָנֹכִ֥י (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: I

am God,”
הָאֵ֖ל (hā·’êl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

He said,
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“the God
אֱלֹהֵ֣י (’ĕ·lō·hê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of your father.
אָבִ֑יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

be afraid
תִּירָא֙ (tî·rā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

to go down
מֵרְדָ֣ה (mê·rə·ḏāh)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend

to Egypt,
מִצְרַ֔יְמָה (miṣ·ray·māh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

I will make
אֲשִֽׂימְךָ֥ (’ă·śî·mə·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

you into a great
גָּד֖וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

nation
לְג֥וֹי (lə·ḡō·w)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

there.
שָֽׁם׃ (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither


Additional Translations
“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.And he said, I am God, the God of your father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of you a great nation:

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 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.

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

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 father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

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.

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;
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