Genesis 15:13
"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;"
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- Acts 7:6
"And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 1:11
"Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 12:40
"Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years."
Read in chapter → - Acts 7:17
"But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,"
Read in chapter → - Galatians 3:17
"And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 1:1
"Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob."
Read in chapter → - Leviticus 19:34
"But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 105:11
"Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:"
Read in chapter → - Exodus 23:9
"Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 17:8
"And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."
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