Add parallel Print Page Options

So he left the land of the Kasdim and lived in Haran. After his father died, God made him move to this land where you are living now. He gave him no inheritance in it, not even space for one foot;[a] yet he promised to give it to him as a possession and to his descendants after him,[b] even though at the time he was childless. What God said to him was, ‘Your descendants will be aliens in a foreign land, where they will be in slavery and oppressed for four hundred years.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:5 Deuteronomy 2:5
  2. Acts 7:5 Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 15:4, 7, 18–21; 17:8; 24:7; 48:4

Bible Gateway Recommends

The Jerusalem Talmud: A Translation and Commentary on CD-Rom
The Jerusalem Talmud: A Translation and Commentary on CD-Rom
Retail: $179.95
Our Price: $79.99
Save: $99.96 (56%)
4.0 of 5.0 stars
The Complete Jewish Study Bible, Flexisoft Leather,   Dark Blue
The Complete Jewish Study Bible, Flexisoft Leather, Dark Blue
Retail: $79.95
Our Price: $54.49
Save: $25.46 (32%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
The Complete Jewish Study Bible
The Complete Jewish Study Bible
Retail: $49.95
Our Price: $29.99
Save: $19.96 (40%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
Complete Jewish Bible: 2016 Updated Edition, Hardcover
Complete Jewish Bible: 2016 Updated Edition, Hardcover
Retail: $34.95
Our Price: $24.99
Save: $9.96 (28%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars