Acts 7:7

But I myself will judge the nation, to which they will be enslaved,’ God said, ‘and after that they will leave the country and worship me in this place.’

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6God’s words were these – ‘Abraham’s descendants will live in a foreign country, where they will be enslaved and ill-treated for four hundred years.

8Then God made with Abraham the covenant of circumcision; and under it Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him when he was eight days old; and Isaac became the father of Jacob; and Jacob of the Twelve Patriarchs.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:14But I will judge that nation, whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many goods.

Psalms 74:12Yet God is our king from the ancient days, in the midst of the earth working deeds of salvation.

Psalms 105:27portents he wrought in Egypt, and signs in the land of Ham.

Psalms 136:10Who struck the firstborn of Egypt: for his kindness endures forever.

Matthew Henry on Acts 7:2-17

Stephen's Address. 1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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