¹³ Then the Lord said to Abram,^(A) “Know this for certain: Your offspring will be resident aliens^(B) for four hundred years^(C) in a land that does not belong to them and will be enslaved and oppressed.^{[a] 14} However, I will judge the nation they serve,^(D) and afterward they will go out with many possessions.^(E)

¹¹ God also said to him, “I am God Almighty.^(A) Be fruitful and multiply.^(B) A nation, indeed an assembly of nations, will come from you,^(C) and kings will descend from you.^[a](D)

⁷ But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous^(A) so that the land was filled with them.

⁹ He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and powerful than we are.^(A)

⁵ You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God:

My father was a wandering Aramean.^(A) He went down to Egypt with a few people and resided there as an alien.^(B) There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation.