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

神说：“我是神，就是你父亲的神。你下埃及去不要害怕，因为我必使你在那里成为大族。

上帝说：“我是上帝，你父亲的上帝。不要害怕下埃及去，因为我必使你在那里成为大国。

神说：“我是神，你父亲的神。不要害怕下埃及去，因为我必使你在那里成为大国。

上帝说：“我是上帝，是你父亲的上帝，不要害怕下到埃及，因为我要使你在那里成为大族。

神说：“我是神，就是你父亲的神；你不要怕下埃及去，因为我必使你在那里成为大国。

神说：“我是神，是你父亲的神。你不要害怕下埃及去，因为我必使你在那里成为大国。

神說：「我是神，就是你父親的神。你下埃及去不要害怕，因為我必使你在那裏成為大族。

上帝說：「我是上帝，你父親的上帝。不要害怕下埃及去，因為我必使你在那裏成為大國。

神說：「我是神，你父親的神。不要害怕下埃及去，因為我必使你在那裏成為大國。

上帝說：「我是上帝，是你父親的上帝，不要害怕下到埃及，因為我要使你在那裡成為大族。

神說：“我是神，就是你父親的神；你不要怕下埃及去，因為我必使你在那裡成為大國。

上帝說：『我是上帝，你父親的上帝；你不要怕下埃及去，因為我必使你在那裏成為大國。

神說：「我是神，是你父親的神。你不要害怕下埃及去，因為我必使你在那裡成為大國。

曰、我乃上帝、即爾父之上帝、爾往埃及、勿懼、在彼、我必使爾成為大國、

曰、我乃上帝、即爾父之上帝、爾往埃及勿懼、我必昌熾爾族、使成大國。

曰、我乃天主、即爾父之天主、爾往伊及、勿懼、我必使爾後裔在彼成為大族、

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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.

Then you will speak while the Lord is listening. You will say,“ My father Jacob was a wanderer from the land of Aram. He went down into Egypt with a few people. He lived there and became the father of a great nation. It had huge numbers of people.

“ I will make you into a great nation. And I will bless you. I will make your name great. You will be a blessing to others.

God said to him,“ I am the Mighty God. Have children so that there will be many of you. You will become the father of a nation and a community of nations. Your later family will include kings.

So I will certainly bless you. I will make the children born into your family as many as the stars in the sky. I will make them as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. They will take over the cities of their enemies.

The Lord stood beside the stairway. He said,“ I am the Lord. I am the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your children after you the land you are lying on.They will be like the dust of the earth that can’t be counted. They will spread out to the west and to the east. They will spread out to the north and to the south. All nations on earth will be blessed because of you and your children after you.

He will certainly become a great and powerful nation. All nations on earth will be blessed because of him.

So do not be afraid. I am with you. Do not be terrified. I am your God. I will make you strong and help you. I will hold you safe in my hands. I always do what is right.

Family of Jacob, the Lord created you. People of Israel, he formed you. He says,“ Do not be afraid. I will set you free. I will send for you by name. You belong to me.You will pass through deep waters. But I will be with you. You will pass through the rivers. But their waters will not sweep over you. You will walk through fire. But you will not be burned. The flames will not harm you.

The people of Israel lived in Egypt in the area of Goshen. They received property there. They had children and so became many.

Long ago, your people went down into Egypt. The total number of them was 70. And now the Lord your God has made you as many as the stars in the sky.

“ In Egypt the number of our people grew and grew. It was nearly time for God to make his promise to Abraham come true.

The people of Israel had many children. The number of them greatly increased. There were so many of them that they filled the land.Then a new king came to power in Egypt. Joseph didn’t mean anything to him.“ Look,” he said to his people.“ The Israelites are far too many for us.Come. We must deal with them carefully. If we don’t, there will be even more of them. Then if war breaks out, they’ll join our enemies. They’ll fight against us and leave the country.”

Then the Lord said to him,“ You can be sure of what I am about to tell you. For 400 years, your family who comes after you will be strangers in another country. They will become slaves there and will be treated badly.

The angel said,‘ Do not be afraid, Paul. You must go on trial in front of Caesar. God has shown his grace by sparing the lives of all those sailing with you.’

The Lord appeared to Isaac and said,“ Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land where I tell you to live.Stay there for a while. I will be with you and give you my blessing. I will give all these lands to you and your children after you. And I will keep my word that I gave to your father Abraham.

The Lord your God has caused there to be many of you. Today you are as many as the stars in the sky.

I will give you all the land you see. I will give it forever to you and your family who comes after you.I will make them like the dust of the earth. Can dust be counted? If it can, then your family can be counted.

Some time later, Abram had a vision. The Lord said to him,“ Abram, do not be afraid. I am like a shield to you. I am your very great reward.”

Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, made a promise. He made the promise to give hope to all these men. He spoke in a kind way to them. He said,“ Don’t be afraid to serve the Babylonians. Make your homes in the land of Judah. Serve the king of Babylon. Then things will go well with you.