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) 15 But you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.(F)

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  1. 15:13 Lit will serve them and they will oppress them

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) 15 You, however, will go to your ancestors(E) in peace and be buried at a good old age.(F)

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