The Lord appeared(A) to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt;(B) live in the land where I tell you to live.(C) Stay in this land for a while,(D) and I will be with you(E) and will bless you.(F) For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands(G) and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.(H) I will make your descendants(I) as numerous as the stars in the sky(J) and will give them all these lands,(K) and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](L) because Abraham obeyed me(M) and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees(N) and my instructions.(O)

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  1. Genesis 26:4 Or seed
  2. Genesis 26:4 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

15 He remembers[a](A) his covenant forever,
    the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
16 the covenant(B) he made with Abraham,
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
17 He confirmed it to Jacob(C) as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
18 “To you I will give the land of Canaan(D)
    as the portion you will inherit.”

19 When they were but few in number,(E)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,

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  1. 1 Chronicles 16:15 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Psalm 105:8); Hebrew Remember

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