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13 And he said to Abram, “You must surely know[a] that your descendants shall be as aliens in a land not their own.[b] And they shall serve them[c] and they[d] shall oppress them four hundred years. 14 And also the nation that they[e] serve I will judge. Then[f] afterward they shall go out with great possessions.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 15:13 Literally “knowing you must know”
  2. Genesis 15:13 Literally “not to them”
  3. Genesis 15:13 Some nation hostile to Abram’s descendants (Egypt in later history)
  4. Genesis 15:13 Some nation hostile to Abram’s descendants (Egypt in later history)
  5. Genesis 15:14 That is, Abram’s descendants
  6. Genesis 15:14 Or “And”

13 Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years(A) your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved(B) and mistreated there. 14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out(C) with great possessions.(D)

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