Genesis 15:13-16
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13 Then the Lord said to Abram,(A) “Know this for certain: Your offspring will be foreigners(B) in a land that does not belong to them; they will be enslaved and oppressed[a] 400 years.(C) 14 However, I will judge the nation they serve,(D) and afterward they will go out with many possessions.(E) 15 But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.(F) 16 In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”[b](G)
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- Genesis 15:13 Lit will serve them and they will oppress them
- Genesis 15:16 Lit Amorites is not yet complete
Acts 7:6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
6 God spoke in this way:
His descendants would be strangers
in a foreign country,
and they would enslave
and oppress them 400 years.
Galatians 3:17
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17 And I say this: The law, which came 430 years later,(A) does not revoke a covenant that was previously ratified by God[a] and cancel the promise.
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- Galatians 3:17 Other mss add in Christ
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