⁶ But ^(A)God spoke to this effect, that his descendants would be strangers in a land that was not theirs, and ^[a]they would enslave and mistreat them for four hundred years.

¹³ Then God said to Abram, “Know for certain that ^(A)your ^[a]descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, ^[b]where ^(B)they will be enslaved and oppressed for ^(C)four hundred years. ¹⁴ But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out ^(D)with ^[c]many possessions. ¹⁵ As for you, ^(E)you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age. ¹⁶ Then in ^(F)the fourth generation they will return here, for ^(G)the wrongdoing of the Amorite is not yet complete.”

⁴⁰ Now the time ^[a]that the sons of Israel had lived in Egypt was ^(A)430 years. ⁴¹ And at the end of 430 years, on ^(B)this very day, ^(C)all the ^[b]multitudes of the Lord departed from the land of Egypt.

¹⁶ Now the promises were spoken ^(A)to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as one would in referring to many, but rather as in referring to one, “^(B)And to your seed,” that is, Christ. ¹⁷ What I am saying is this: the Law, which came ^(C)430 years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.