Genesis 26:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 26:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֵּרָ֤א
râʼâh
H7200
to see
אֵלָיו֙
ʼêl
H413
to
יְהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אַל
ʼal
H408
not
תֵּרֵ֣ד
yârad
H3381
to go down
מִצְרָ֑יְמָה
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
שְׁכֹ֣ן
shâkan
H7931
to dwell
בָּאָ֔רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
אֹמַ֥ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵלֶֽיךָ
ʼêl
H413
to
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don't go down into Egypt. Dwell in the land which I will tell you of.
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King James Version Public Domain
And 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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land that I tell you.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).