Genesis 15:13

He said to Avram [Exalted father], “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.

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In The King James Version

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;

In Context

12When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Avram [Exalted father]. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.

14I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth, + 15:14. (13-14) Quoted in Acts 7:6-7

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Cross References

Genesis 17:8I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan [Humbled], for an everlasting possession. + 17:8. Quoted in Acts 7:5 I will be their God.”

Exodus 1:11Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.

Exodus 5:1Afterward Moses [Drawn out] and Aaron [Light-bringer] came, and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Yahweh, Elohim Isra'el [He sustains breathing, God of God prevails], says, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’”

Exodus 22:21+ 22:21. Ex 22:21 [Heb Bible Ex 22:20] (#6.387): T. Not to oppress the foreigners living among you / R. Not to wrong the convert in buying and selling / R. Not to cheat a sincere convert monetarily + 22:21. Ex 22:21 [Heb Bible Ex 22:20] (#9.550): T. Not to taunt or oppress the foreigner among you / R. Not to wrong converts in speech / R. Not to insult or harm a sincere convert with words “You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery].

Leviticus 19:34The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall 'ahav ·affectionately love· him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery]. I am Adonai your God.

Deuteronomy 10:19+ 10:19. Deut 10:19 (Deut 10:12-22) (#6.406): T. To love the foreigner and stranger / R. To love the convert Therefore 'ahav ·affectionately love· the foreigner; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery].

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 →

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