“And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:”
The LORD appeared to Isaac and said: do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live. The divine instruction is precisely the opposite of Abraham's choice in Genesis 12:10. Isaac is told explicitly: not Egypt. Stay in the promised land. The instruction is the covenant map — the promised land is where the covenant person belongs, even in famine. John 15:4 calls for remaining in the vine — the same principle of staying in the covenant place even when circumstances suggest departure. The application: the instruction to stay in the hard place is sometimes more important than the permission to find a better one.
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