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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;

KJV

Dictumque est ad eum : Scito prænoscens quod peregrinum futurum sit semen tuum in terra non sua, et subjicient eos servituti, et affligent quadringentis annis.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐρρέθη πρὸς Ἀβράμ Γινώσκων γνώσῃ ὅτι πάροικον ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου ἐν γῇ οὐκ ἰδίᾳ, καὶ κακώσουσιν αὐτὸ καὶ δουλώσουσιν αὐτοὺς καὶ ταπεινώσουσιν αὐτοὺς τετρακόσια ἔτη.

LXX

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לְ/אַבְרָ֗ם יָדֹ֨עַ תֵּדַ֜ע כִּי גֵ֣ר יִהְיֶ֣ה זַרְעֲ/ךָ֗ בְּ/אֶ֨רֶץ֙ לֹ֣א לָ/הֶ֔ם וַ/עֲבָד֖וּ/ם וְ/עִנּ֣וּ אֹתָ֑/ם אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָֽה

Hebrew

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People Abraham

In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְרָ֔ם
'brm
proper_noun · 61×
אַרְבַּ֥ע
'rb'
adjective · 318×
גֵּ֖ר
gr
noun · 92×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
וֹ
v
verb · 83×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 287×
מֵא֖וֹת
m'vt
adjective · 581×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

In that flesh in which the saints have suffered so many afflictions, they shall receive the fruits of their labours; especially since all creation waits for this, and God promises it to Abraham and his seed. 1. Inasmuch, therefore, as the opinions of certain [orthodox persons] are derived from heretical discourses, they are both ignorant of God's dispensations, and of the myste…

Cross-references

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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,
  • 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,
  • Exod 1:1 — Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
  • Exod 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.
  • Exod 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.
  • Exod 3:2 — And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
  • Exod 3:17 — And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a
  • Exod 12:40 — Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
  • Exod 12:40 — Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
  • Ezek 16:4 — And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
  • Ezek 20:6 — In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
  • Gal 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.
  • Gal 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.
  • Gen 46:2 — And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
  • Gen 47:4 — They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, l
  • Isa 44:8 — Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
  • John 8:33 — They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
  • Josh 21:43 — And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
  • Lev 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.
  • Num 20:15 — How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
  • Ps 105:25 — He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
  • Ps 105:42 — For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.