2And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
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And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)Here, I. God tried Isaac by his providence. Isaac had been trained up in a believing dependence upon the divine grant of the land of Canaan to him and his heirs; yet now there is a famine in the land , Gen. 26:1. What shall he think of the promise when the promised land will not find him bread? Isa. such a grant worth accepting, upon such terms, and after so long a time? Yes, Isaac will still clea…
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