13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly (A)that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and (B)they will afflict them four hundred years.

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But God spoke in this way: (A)that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into (B)bondage and oppress them four hundred years. (C)‘And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will (D)judge,’ said God, (E)‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’

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11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them (A)to afflict them with their (B)burdens. And they built for Pharaoh (C)supply cities, Pithom (D)and Raamses.

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God Delivers Israel by Moses

17 “But when (A)the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, (B)the people grew and multiplied in Egypt

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40 Now the [a]sojourn of the children of Israel who lived in [b]Egypt was (A)four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years—on that very same day—it came to pass that (B)all the armies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 12:40 Length of the stay
  2. Exodus 12:40 Sam., LXX Egypt and Canaan

17 And this I say, that the law, (A)which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God [a]in Christ, (B)that it should make the promise of no effect.

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  1. Galatians 3:17 NU omits in Christ

34 (A)The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as [a]one born among you, and (B)you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 19:34 native among you

Israel’s Suffering in Egypt

Now (A)these are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt; each man and his household came with Jacob: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

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11 Saying, (A)“To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the allotment of your inheritance,”
12 (B)When they were few in number,
Indeed very few, (C)and strangers in it.

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Also (A)I give to you and your descendants after you the land (B)in[a] which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and (C)I will be their God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:8 Lit. of your sojournings

Faithful Abraham(A)

By faith (B)Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, (C)dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, (D)the heirs with him of the same promise; 10 for he waited for (E)the city which has foundations, (F)whose builder and maker is God.

11 By faith (G)Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and (H)she[a] bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him (I)faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as (J)dead, were born as many as the (K)stars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

The Heavenly Hope

13 These all died in faith, (L)not having received the (M)promises, but (N)having seen them afar off [b]were assured of them, embraced them and (O)confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 11:11 NU omits she bore a child
  2. Hebrews 11:13 NU, M omit were assured of them

23 (A)Israel also came into Egypt,
And Jacob dwelt (B)in the land of Ham.
24 (C)He increased His people greatly,
And made them stronger than their enemies.
25 (D)He turned their heart to hate His people,
To deal craftily with His servants.

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19 Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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