Acts 7:7

V'GAM ES HAGOY ASHER YA'AVODU DAN ANOCHI (And whatever nation to which they shall be in bondage I myself will judge, said Hashem,) VACHAREI KHEN YETZU (And after that they will come out) and serve me in this place. + 7:7 Gn 15:13,14; Ex 3:12

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

6And Hashem spoke thus, that GER YIHIYEH ZAR'ACHA (your seed will be strangers [aliens]) in anotherʼs + 7:6 i.e., foreign land and them they will enslave and they will mistreat them ARBA ME'OT SHANAH (four hundred years). + 7:6 Gn 15:13f; Ex 1:8-11; 12:40

8And he gave to him bris milah. And thus Avraham Avinu became the father of Yitzchak and he did his bris milah on the Yom HaShemini and Yitzchak became the father of Ya'akov and Ya'akov of the Sheneym Asar HaAvot. + 7:8 Gn 17:9-14; 21:2-4; 25:26; 29:31-35; 30:5-13,17-24; 35:16-26

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Cross References

Genesis 15:14And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with rechush gadol (great substance).

Exodus 7:1And Hashem said unto Moshe, See, I have made thee as Elohim to Pharaoh: and Aharon thy brother shall be thy navi.

Psalms 74:12For Elohim is my Melech mikedem (from of old), 1 working Yeshu'ah (salvation) in the midst of Ha'Aretz. 1

Psalms 105:27They showed His Otot (signs) among them, 1 and mofetim (wonders) in Eretz Cham. 1

Psalms 136:10To Him that struck down Mitzrayim in their bechorot (firstborn); 1 ki l'olam chasdo. 1

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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