Genesis 15:13
And it was said to Abram, You shall surely know that your seed shall be a sojourner in a land not their own, and they shall enslave them, and afflict them, and humble them four hundred years.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
12And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and behold! a great gloomy terror falls upon him.
Cross References
Genesis 17:8And I will give to you and to your seed after you the land wherein you sojourn, even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God.
Exodus 1:11And he set over them taskmasters, who should afflict them in their works; and they built strong cities for Pharao, both Pitho, and Ramesses, and On, which is Heliopolis.
Exodus 5:1And after this went in Moses and Aaron to Pharao, and they said to him, These things says the Lord God of Israel, Send my people away, that they may keep a feast to me in the wilderness.
Exodus 22:21And you⌃ shall not hurt a stranger, nor afflict him; for you⌃ were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Leviticus 19:34The stranger that comes to you shall be among you as the native, and you shall love him as yourself; for you⌃ were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 10:19And you⌃ shall love the stranger; for you⌃ were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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 →