And he said, I [am] God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
Ver. 3. Fear not to go down into Egypt.] Cause of fear he might see sufficient; but God would have him not to look downward on the rushing and roaring streams of miseries that ran so swiftly under him and his posterity, but steadfastly fasten on his power and providence, who was his God, and the God of his father. He loves to perfect his strength in our weakness; as Elijah would have the sacrifice covered with water, that God's power might the more appear in the fire from heaven.