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Acts 7:6

4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
KJV
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
WEB
God spoke in this way: that his offspring would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
ASV
And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.
DARBY
And God spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat [them] four hundred years;
BLB
And God spoke thus, that his seed will be a sojourner in a strange land, and they will enslave it and will mistreat [it] four hundred years.
ÅB
Og Gud talte slik: Hans slekt skal bo i utlendighet i et fremmed land, og de skal holde den som slaver og mishandle den i fire hundre år;
OTB
Gud talte slik: ‘Dine etterkommere vil være fremmede i et land som ikke er deres eget, og de vil bli slaver og mishandlet i fire hundre år.
B1930
Og Gud talte således: Hans ætt skal bo i utlendighet i et fremmed land, og de skal holde den i trældom og mishandle den i fire hundre år;

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Cross references

  • Genesis 15:13

    And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

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  • Exodus 12:40–41

    Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

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  • Galatians 3:17

    And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

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  • Genesis 15:16

    But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

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