Genesis 15:13
And He said unto Abram, Knowing thou shalt know that thy sons will be sojourners (or aliens) in a land not theirs, and they will serve among them; and they will afflict them four hundred years.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
12And it was sunset, and sleep fell upon Abram: and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
14And the people whom they will serve I will judge, and go forth with much substance.
Cross References
Genesis 17:8And I will give to thee and to thy sons after thee the land of thy habitation, all the land of Kenaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be unto them Eloha.
Exodus 1:11And they appointed over them evildoing governors ( shiltonin) to afflict them in their labours. And they builded cities of treasure houses for Pharoh, Pithom, and Raamsas.
Exodus 5:1And afterward Mosheh and Aharon went in, and said to Pharoh: Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Let My people go, to solemnize a feast ( yechagun) before Me in the desert.
Exodus 22:21Afflict not the widow or the orphan:
Leviticus 19:34As one born among you shall be the stranger who sojourneth among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself, because you were sojourners in the land of Mizraim: I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 10:19Be loving then to the stranger, for you were sojourners in the land of Mizraim.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 15:13-17
12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. 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; 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16 But in the… Read the whole commentary →