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Hebron. Beersheba. GOSHEN. NILE DELTA. PYRAMIDS. On. Genesis 46.3-4:
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Genesis 46.3-4: And He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there. I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will close your eyes.”
To Abraham Genesis 12.2: I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, and make your name great; and so you shall be a blessing… Genesis 13.13: for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever. Genesis 15.7: “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it.” Recurring Promises Abraham died possessing no land
To Isaac Genesis 26.2-4: And the LORD appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I shall tell you. Sojourn in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham. And I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed… Recurring Promises
Genesis 26.23-25: Then he went up from there to Beersheba. And the LORD appeared to [Isaac] the same night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham; do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you, and multiply your descendants, for the sake of My servant Abraham.” So [Isaac] built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD. Recurring Promises Isaac died possessing no land
To Jacob Genesis 28.13-15: And behold, the LORD stood above [the stair] and said, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your descendants. Your descendants shall also be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And behold, I am with you, and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” Recurring Promises
Be with you • Keep you • Give you a multitude of descendants • Give them the land on which you lie • Bring you back to the land on which you lie • Give you the land on which you lie Promises to Jacob Jacob died in Goshen never again seeing the land.
Genesis 46.3-4: And He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there. I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will close your eyes.” Last Promises to Jacob Is this promise fulfilled in 47.28ff?